Today I was reading from a short little book written by Sr. Joan Chittister, The Breath of The Soul, and found the following that I wish to share.
At no time of day or night are we not thinking about something. The only real question is, What is it? What do I choose to ruminate about in the interstices of the day, in the dark quiet of the night? Where does my mind go when there is nowhere specific define for it to go?
The question is an important one because its answer defines the kind of person we are choosing to become. If we scheme dark thoughts, however placid and positive we appear to be to others, we are darkness walking. “He was a pleasant man,” people say of the felon next to whom they have lived for years. He dressed well, and went to work every day, and nodded to the neighbors. But in his heart the malice simmered and seared.
The fact is that we become what we think about. What we seed in our souls grows in us, forms us, becomes what drives us from moment to moment.
What we think about during the waking hours of the day is basic to prayer. And prayer is also basic to it. What I put into my soul is what will shape me.
When considering the above, what quickly came to my mind is the old saying, You Are What You Eat, In this case emotionally and spiritually. Kind of opened my eyes!
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