\u201cThoughts are boomerangs returning to their source.\u00a0 Choose wisely which ones you throw.\u201d\u2014Unknown<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Did you know that thoughts are boomerangs?\u00a0 A boomerang is something you throw that returns to its source.\u00a0 No matter what direction you throw it, it comes back to you.\u00a0 Thoughts are the same way.<\/p>\n You can throw out a thought that you will never be successful in life, are no good, and have no talents.\u00a0 And if you throw this thought out, it will come right back to you.<\/p>\n Why do thoughts return to us like boomerangs?\u00a0 We act according to what we think about ourselves.<\/p>\n Having lived a very hard life with many challenges, I know how hard it can be to boomerang positive thoughts instead of negative.\u00a0 Here are three ways to generate and send out positive thoughts.<\/p>\n For many years, faith kept me alive.\u00a0 Literally.\u00a0 It was all I had when I lived with my ex-husband and he continually abused and threatened me.\u00a0 Faith in God literally kept me alive.\u00a0 When I was certain he would kill me, I looked forward to heaven.<\/p>\n My husband has told me that I am forever optimistic, that I never see the glass as half empty.\u00a0 He is right that I cannot see any glass that way, because I think like a child when under stress.<\/p>\n When a normal, healthy child is under stress, he does not think that life will always be hard.\u00a0 A normal, healthy child trusts that Mom or Dad will fix the situation.\u00a0 Just as a child thinks that Mom or Dad will fix the situation, I trust in my heart that God will fix the situation in His time and in His way.<\/p>\n If you want to boomerang positive thoughts that will return to you, try focusing on these two things.<\/p>\n First, keep your mind on what you want, and keep looking for ways to get it.\u00a0 Be clear about your goals and also be confident that you will accomplish them, sooner or later. As I wrote recently in another post, can always will but can’t never will.<\/a><\/p>\n Second, look for the good in every problem or difficulty.\u00a0 When things go wrong, as they often do, simply say, \u201cThat\u2019s good!\u201d\u00a0 And then set about finding something positive about the situation. I have already found three good things about my amputation surgery last week: \u00a0that the surgery scared my hammer toes straight, that I will always get a 20% discount on any pedicure because I only have 8 toes, and that I no longer have enough toes for my husband to play the piggy game with my feet and tickle them. Be thankful for the good you find!\u00a0 Click here to read about the good I have found in my relationship with my Mother that pained me for many years.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Never forget that Proverbs 23:7 says, \u201cFor as he thinks in his heart, so is he.\u201d\u00a0 Truer words have never existed!<\/p>\n When life picks on you, pick back on life.\u00a0 Throw positive thoughts out and get positive results!<\/p>\n Always throw positive boomerangs and you will soar like an eagle<\/a> over life\u2019s storms.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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