Day 8: Living off the Fruits of your Thoughts

It's time to start reaping the harvest! Are you thinking it's too soon? Well, if we were talking about seeds in a garden, it would be. But ideas planted in your mind start producing fruit right away...even though you may not recognize it at first. This quote from Earl Nightingale says it best, "Each of us must live off the fruit of our thoughts in the future, because, what you think today and tomorrow--next month and next year--will mold your life and determine your future. You're guided by your mind." That future begins today!
Here is information from the book, that will help you understand this concept:
First: it's understanding emotionally, as well as intellectually, that we literally become what we think about; that we must control our thoughts if we're to control our lives. It's understand fully that...'as ye sow, so shall ye reap."
Second: it's cutting away all fetters from the mind and permitting it to soar as it was divinely designed to do. It's the realization that your limitations are self-imposed and that the opportunities for you today are enormous beyond belief. It's rising above narrow-minded pettiness and prejudice.
Third: It's using all your courage to force yourself to think positively on your own problems; to set a definite and clearly defined goal for yourself. To let your marvelous mind think about your goal from all possible angles; to let your imagination speculate freely upon many different possible solutions. To refuse to believe that there are any circumstances sufficiently strong to defeat you in the accomplishment of your purpose. To act promptly and decisively when your course is clear. And to keep constantly aware of the fact that you are, at this moment standing in the middle of your own "acre of diamonds," as Russell Cornwall used to point out. from The Strangest Secret to Success
These ideas are key to understanding the power of setting your goal and continuing to focus on it. I can tell you emphatically that I have already started to live off the fruits of thoughts that are growing out of the goal I set and the commitment I made. I can just as emphatically tell you that you, too, are living off the fruits of your thoughts; but the fruits may not be what you want because you didn't plant the right seeds. The choice is up to you.
In tomorrow's blog I'll tell you about some of the fruits I experienced this weekend.