Something inspirational:

“Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.”

JAMES ALLEN

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Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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6 comments on “Altering our thoughts”

  1. Good quote. Sometimes to get people to change how they feel, we have to change.

    If we think for example that we can't do something and express this to others enough they will think the same thing of us, that we can't do it.

    The mind is very powerful and using our thoughts will change our outlook on life and others will begin to change their thinking also.

    1. Thanks Lisa. Yes if we think positively towards others, others will think positively towards us, in the same way as if we think negative thoughts, others will see and think negatively of us.

      I agree others should change their outlook as we begin to change ours.

  2. It is obvious that the mind has the ability to alter thoughts towards things and other people. Our society is rife with both negative and positive evidence of that.

    It is a good thing as long as a man alters his thoughts he can produce something positive.

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