Mindfulness Daily Check-In January 27, 2020
Hi everyone in the Mindfulness community. Hope you all had a good weekend. 
Today I like to share a quote with you from Lao Tzu:
"Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny."
Whilst we are not our thoughts they can become our action if we follow them, engage or cling to them,
If we just observe them like clouds in the sky they will pass.
How was your thinking in the last days, do you find there were lots of negative thoughts which impacted your day?
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@amiablePeace77
I love that quote. It is so profound. It makes me want to take a closer look at my own thoughts and actions. All too often we don't recognize how we think or what we say can be toxic and unproductive.
Thanks, good post
@scarletPear1945
I agree with you. Our life is too precious to be unmindful with it.
BOth negative and positive. Lao Tzu quotes is always so beautiful! Thanks for the post!
You can't buy Happiness but you can buy Tea, and that's kind of the same thing.
@AddictedTealover98
There wil be always a mixture but I hope the positive thoughts will dominate.
I just keep on trying. So scared those synapses will never reconnect. They will. They will. They will.
@95969
As long as you try you never fail! I like how you counteracted the negative thought.
I read that for every negative encounter, there should be a minimum of five positive ones to counterbalance the effects of the first.
@amiablePeace77
Thanks ami
I did not know that btw....thank you !!!
@95969
You are very welcome.
I really like this quote thank you for sharing it.
My thoughts have been up and down but I have been trying to let the negative ones pass. Trying to learn from them and why I'm thinking this way. Just trying to challange them too.
@Goldcherry2113
That's a good way to deal with negative thoughts!
@amiablePeace77 wow I love this Ami alot. I do believe we are not our thoughts. But sometimes we have to slow down and see the chain of actions that has us in a pickle.
How was your thinking in the last days, do you find there were lots of negative thoughts which impacted your day?
My thinking has not been to negative. A little on some work I do on here but not much in my world. As I been trying to cut it off right when it starts. Empowering myself to do the actions so my thoughts do not go downwards.
@RumpleSteeleSkin
Nice Rumple and good to see you .
I like that you mentioned empowerment - we all can learn to empower ourselves to use our inner resources, the strength we are born with and motivate us to stay positive.
being mindful of my thoughts and their tone
living less in my thoughts and more in my body/feelings/reality
when thoughts pop in that are good and helpful I run with them! when they don't, I notice and let them go
@onwardforevenmore
Awesome onward, follow your good thoughts, run with them, keep them close to you!
I've been thinking so negatively lately, and I'm finally calming down and catching myself (and feeling a little foolish)! I've had a lot going on this month between several birthdays, post-holiday meetups, work picking up, moving, and getting food poisoning (
)! I just had to take a breather and remember that everything is okay even though I feel uprooted and disorganized. Then I had to take another breather when I got food poisoning and thought the world was ending, woe is me, why now? Haha. I'm back 'round to breathing, living, calming down, and making sure not to fret over what I can't control and to take charge of what I can. Thanks for this check-in!
@betterchoices
So sorry to hear about your food poisening, it must have been excruciating pain, glad you got through.
It's very helpful what you said, realize the things we simply cannot change and use the breath to calm us.
@amiablePeace77 Negative thinking about how I think my managers think of me greatly impacts my days in a negative way.
@Mellietronx
mellietronx, that must be very hard on you. I find that often people are thinking much better of us than we imagine.
Yes there are negative thoughts and fears. But I told myself. Nothing happened yet. So why worry. :)
@Jewelmoon17
That's a good thing to tell yourself. I find the worry before something happens can be the worst one.
@amiablePeace77 I like the image of letting clouds drift by. We do not have to chase them away or change their direction or color. Just be a witness to it all.
@soulsings
Well put soul. Just witness and not getting engaged with them.