Pin those thoughts to the wall and tell them you are done with listening to them. That is what it takes sometimes when a discouraging thought is becoming a mindset that you don’t want. You have worked it through from every angle and you don’t believe it, but when you are feeling low then it is back with its condemning voice. At times I find myself weighed down by a thought as I keep mulling it over - a mistake I made in the past or some reason why certain people may misunder

Most days I have to wrestle my thoughts to the ground and leave many of them there. I sift them quickly through the lense of hope and then march on in faith. Habits are not just physical; what we repeat in our thoughts form well-worn pathways in our brains, these become attitudes and beliefs. These thought habits influence our feelings, our responses and the way we show up in our lives. I find it helpful to view my mind as my living space, I need to stand guard at the door f