Do you think too much?
By mamacathie
@mamacathie (3928)
United States
July 7, 2009 10:30am CST
I am reading a great book about thinking positive thoughts. This book is by Joyce Meyer, the Christian author and she is so good. Then Norman Vincent Peale, the well known Christian author also has great book on the Power of Positive Thinking. It is teaching us that we have to think positive and good thoughts. We have to be in control of what we are thinking and not let our minds wander or wonder. That is a hard thing for me to do , well, let's call it a challenge. I want to wonder (worry, doubt) why people said this or that and then when I am supposed to be listening to someone my mind tends to wander (roam). It is a challenge to keep my mind on what I am doing, reading, etc. I am a multi0tasker and my mind tends to jump from one thing to another. LOL How are you when it comes to thinking? Give me your opinions and please be nice and considerate. You do not have to answer this is you don't have something good to add to this post. Thanks in advance and God bless you!
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11 responses
@sonz_doreen (193)
• United Arab Emirates
8 Jul 09
Rest Assured, Its good to think! Not only gives you ideas, but also builds your instinct.
@andresimp (818)
• India
8 Jul 09
hi, i find really hard to bring up the positive thinking. like you my mind wanders when i m listening to a conversation or lectures. i wont say that i m a multi tasker. i think i get confused with whole lot of things. Actually i came to know that Yoga is the best. that helps to improve positive thinking, confidence, mental and physical well being. it has a lot of advantages. so i m going to give it a try.. they say that we should not follow our mind. our mind should do whatever we say. so in yoga you will learn all this. im just giving a suggestion. good luck.
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
8 Jul 09
It depends. Sometimes I will think too much, and sometimes I don't think enough. I want to think, but then I cannot think. I want to have an answer to everything, but I end up having a total brain fart.
@nitu1952 (286)
• India
8 Jul 09
I think thinking too much creates a tension in the mind due to which one can't concenterate on other work properly. What we will get for taking an attention if something is not in our hand. so always live in a relax situation because thinking too much for something causes an angerness.
@1boerseun (124)
• South Africa
8 Jul 09
Thinking a lot is good. We don't get much of a chance to do that when our attention is drawn away by television and other things. Positive thinking is just as good as long as you don't lie to yourself, because that seems to be an ingredient in the advice of tsome of these great teachers on positive thinking. Negative thinking can really destroy you. It is like putting a curse on yourself. Eg: "I'm so forgetful these days", or "I cannot do this, it's not my strong point", or "I'm bad at doing .....".
There are a myriad of examples of curses you put on yourself, limiting yourself by your words. You tend to believe yourself. If you tell yourself and others that you suffer from insomnia, then believe me, You ARE going to battle getting to sleep. I remind myself that I don't have a problem with sleep at all, for instance, and that is quite a pleasure.
@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
7 Jul 09
I'm not sure what Christianity has to do with positive thinking, but there are literally hundreds of authors who have written powerful and motivational books. Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Deepak Chopra and many, many others are incredibly inspirational, and most do include Christianity as part of their material. Positivity is a huge part of literature of all sorts. In order to be able to concentrate, all it takes is being ready to accept the message. Meditation helps, as well.
@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
7 Jul 09
I try to follow Louise Hay for positive thinking, and really it is a matter of living one day at a time, you work with affirmations.
Here is one example:
Success Affirmation
In the infinity of life where I am,
All is perfect, whole, and complete.
I am one with the Power that created me.
I have within me all the ingredients for success.
I now allow the success formula to flow through me
And manifest in my world.
Whatever I am guided to do will be a success.
I learn from every experience.
I go from success to success and from glory to glory.
My pathway is a series of stepping stones
To ever greater successes.
All is well in my world.
The thing is also to change a negative thought with a positive one.
@abetole (221)
• India
7 Jul 09
Oh Yes, I am a kind of person who thinks too much. Even for the smallest of the things, put too much thinking and then do it. I have noticed that I have been doing this from a long time....since I was a kid. I do not know whether this is a good habit or a bad habit, but I feel that this "too much" thinking makes me an alert person and that way I have somehow understood to sense the things...cheers..
@hitesh70 (68)
• India
7 Jul 09
My answear is yes i do think too much.Becouse i dont take any importents dteps befor i think deeply.And i advice to everyone think deeply befor you take any importent steps in your life and in other life's as well. Becouse when you once takes the steps or any importent decision you can not send this decision back. You will have to follow this.So it is very importent to think deeply befor you take any steps. So that finally my answear is yes i do think very very deeply befor i take any steps.Thank you for asking this amazing , strange, meaningless and useless quetion. Stop doing this.Everyone thinks befor doing any importent thing!!
