Category: Thoughts

Roads and Thoughts

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I---I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

— Robert Frost —

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”  ~Robert Frost Throughout my life I’ve traversed down some less-traveled roads.  Some because of stupidity, others because of rebellion, but mostly because I’ve always been my own person. It seems as though our world…

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Pictures Part 2

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

— Albert Einstein —

This is a continuation of yesterday’s message… I remember picturing having a loving and solid relationship with my wife and being a great dad to our kids.  I pictured being a good son, son-in-law, brother and friend.  In essence I was picturing everything I had allowed my addiction to steal from me. Then I remember…

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Actions

I have always thought the action of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

— John Locke —

  Wanna know what someone is thinking? Watch what they do. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch Philippians 4:8, “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (ESV)

Fate

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.

— Henry David Thoreau —

  How are your thoughts about yourself these days? In other words what is your fate looking like? If you are not pleased with the opinion you have of yourself then you will need to change the way you think.  The best way to change your thinking as well as your fate is to change…

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Reflect and Grow

Reflection is looking in so you can look out with a broader, bigger, and more accurate perspective.

— Mick Ukleja and Robert Lorber —

  Taking time to reflect and pray has been a key part of my every day life. If we don’t take time to reflect, pray, and get in touch with our spirit and our creator, we all become robots and allow life to live us instead of living life with a higher purpose…I write from…

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Crab Apples or Golden Delicious?

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.

— Bill Meyer —

  How are your thoughts these days? Changing how you think will change the course of your life. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”

Winner Vision

Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.

— Unknown —

  What are you “seeing” these days? If you don’t like what you are seeing, it may be time to put on a new set of glasses and choose to view the world differently. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com John 9:39, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who…

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Mind Poverty

“We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.”  ~Stephen Covey There is no greater poverty than “poverty of the mind.”  When one forgets he or she is the only person to have the ability to truly change his or her circumstance, poverty of the…

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That Moment…

“I remember the day I woke up and noticed the problems of the world around me were no longer controlling me and driving me crazy.  The problems were all still there and hadn’t changed, but with God’s help my thinking and in-turn my perspective had changed and that made all the difference.”  ~JJM Romans 8:5-6,…

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Thoughts

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”  ~James Allen Thoughts are powerful. Change your thinking and you will change your life…I write from experience. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Colossians 3:2, “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”  (ESV)