30 Days with God - Day 25
I was listening to a podcast earlier today as I often do. I've grown to love them and make them a part of my daily routine while getting ready. I tend to feel less prepared for the day without some sort of motivation or lesson to learn. Many of these have a faith-based element but all of them are incredibly inspirational and challenging. This one today is one I'll remember for awhile. It was Ed Mylett talking about fulfilling our potential. The entire episode was great, but the part that made the biggest impact was when he talked about our thoughts and how we listen to the wrong thoughts about ourselves so often. He then asked if we were listening as a wise person or as a wounded person. 

WOW!

Let's just think about that for a minute because I think that can be applied to practically any situation in life. I think back to times when I didn't handle my pain well, when I stayed stuck and when I let it affect my relationships. I was very much listening to the thoughts in my head as a wounded person, not a wise person. 

How often do we do that ... default to the wounded person mentality? Maybe we arrive at the wise person eventually, but what if we could start making the decision to stop for a minute with every situation and shift to the wise person? 

It takes awhile to create a habit. Statistics show anywhere from 17 to 90 days, so this might be a process, but how much better would our lives be if we could finally get to the place of looking at every aspect from the wise person standpoint? and not just our lives, how much better could we make this world if we committed to living this out and helping others learn it as well? 

Something to think about for sure. I'm definitely going to be working on it myself. 

"But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all." 
- James 1:5

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