There is no physician like cheerful thought for dissipating the ills of the body; there is no comforter to compare with goodwill for dispersing the shadows of grief and sorrow. To live continually in thoughts of ill will, cynicism, suspicion, and envy, is to be confined in a self made prison-hole. But to think well of all, to be cheerful with all, to patiently learn to find the good in all – such …unselfish thoughts are the very portals of heaven; and to dwell day by day in thoughts of peace toward every creature will bring abounding peace to their processor.
-James Allen, As A Man Thinketh
Don’t just think, but understand your thought; understand where it comes from. Are you helping or hurting yourself with self-imposed thought? I’m fairly certain the best minds among us are their own best friends, and the ones who struggle most are their own worst enemies.
