Where exactly is the power of positive thinking when you need it most?
Honestly, when I was at my lowest point of depression, I laughed at any one
who tried to get me to think happier thoughts! If I had had any happy
thoughts, I would have gladly spent more time thinking them!
The fact of the matter is, the power is simply not available to those who
need it most.
That's really not fair is it? Happy people get happier by thinking
positive thoughts and depressed people get...depressed.
I have given this a great deal of THOUGHT and I believe the answer is
that our thoughts are not our own. Our thoughts are made of what the
world has told us about ourselves, about our circumstances and about the
purpose and meaning of life.
Rene' Descartes' philosophy, "I think, therefore I
am," has been debated, quoted, discussed, written about and THOUGHT
about for centuries now. I have only recently, begun to understand it
and I fear, that it is absolutely true! My thought life is something
that I have struggled with for years now. It was the reason I fell into
depression. It was the reason I could not climb out. I made me
spiritually, physically and emotionally unstable!
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