Thoughts are Things

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 26, 2013

Plant a seed everyday.

When you have a slice of a juicy tomato or a fresh ear of corn, how do you think that happens?

It takes several months of work for the farmer to bring those vegetables to the store so we can buy and enjoy them. It takes planning and patience.

Too many times in our lives, we want to do something today so we can enjoy it today. Imagine if we could only eat the things that we could plant and grow in one day. We would probably just eat a bunch of dirt.

The best things in life take some time. Always plan ahead. Every day, think about something that is important to you that will take time to accomplish. Do something today that will help you move in that direction. When you do, you are planting a seed.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 25, 2013

If you can imagine it, you can do it.

When you think of something, you are beginning to give it life. You get it started. If you have an idea, and you really believe in that idea, you can accomplish whatever that idea is.

This works for good things and bad things. If you get the idea that you are smart and are going to invent a flying car or become a doctor, you can do that. You really can.

If you get the idea that you are stupid or that you will live under a bridge some day, there is a good chance that will happen.

If you think it and believe it, it really might happen.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 24, 2013

God is bigger than you think.

People can be smart. People invented electricity, computers and popcorn – all the really important things in life.

But no matter how smart we are, there’s no way that we can understand the mysteries of life. Church is one place we try to do that. Prayer is one way to try to understand God’s will in our life.

However, these are only tools. They are limited because we are limited. We are not God, although God is within each of us.

Is that complicated? Yes. It is so complicated that it is impossible to understand. It is one of the mysteries of life.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 23, 2013

Always ask for more work. Do more than you are asked to do.

The people who have the most are the people who do the most. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about the most fun, the most money, the most business or the most happiness.

So if you want more, you need to do more.

Do more than you are asked to do. Do more than your parents ask. Do more than your responsibilities. Keep doing this as you get older. If you want more money at work, do more than your boss expects you to do.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 22, 2013

It’s not an accident that some people are happier than others. They decide to be.

Have you ever noticed that some people seem to be happier than other people? They smile more. They laugh more. They seem to enjoy more things in their life than other people.

Do you think there is something special about their life?

No. They have problems just like everyone else.

When bad things happen in their life, they don’t forget about the good things that also happen in their life. They focus on the good, not the bad.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 21, 2013

Don’t keep making the same mistakes.

Mistakes are a part of life. Everyone makes them, including parents, teachers, and kids. Successful people know that mistakes happen.

Successful people also try very hard not to make the same mistake twice.

A mistake is an opportunity to learn. If you make the same mistake twice, it means you didn’t learn anything. And that means the mistake was a terrible waste of your time and energy.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 20, 2013

Don’t treat your body worse than you do your dog.

If you love your dog, you feed it well. You make sure it gets enough exercise. You don’t abuse it. You give it clean water every day. You realize that if the dog dies you can always get another one, but you can’t really replace a living thing.

You are the same way. Be sure you treat yourself the same way.

You do not get another you. Treat yourself well. Exercise. Eat the right things. Get plenty of rest, and plenty of activity.

You cannot be replaced.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 19, 2013

It is a long walk to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Everyone wants good things in life, but good things come with a price. They are not handed to us. We have to go get them.

Most of the best things in life require work. Hard work. Really hard work. Successful people work until they sweat and often until it hurts. But they know that the short-term pain will result in great things in the long-term.

Do not be afraid of pain. When you work so hard that you don’t think you can work any more, you are probably wrong. There is probably more that you can do – and as a result, more good things that will happen to you.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 18, 2013

Your education really doesn’t begin until you get out of school.

For 13 years you go to elementary, middle and high school. Then you go to college. Then maybe you go to school some more.

Then it is time to start really learning.

The people who succeed in life are the ones who use those first 17 years of school as a long lesson in how to learn. After that, they use every day as an opportunity to learn something about their career or something else that is very important to them.

The people who stop learning when they are 22 years old are the ones who very quickly stop growing in every area of their lives.

Never stop learning.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 17, 2013

By themselves, plans are not worth anything.

Before you go on a trip, it is good to know where you are going. You decide what roads to take, when to leave and when you expect to arrive at your destination.

If you never get in the car and go, however, the plans are worthless.

Plans are important. They are extremely important. But that is all some people do. They plan and plan and plan. They never do.

It is good to be a planner. It is much more important to be a doer.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 16, 2013

Wherever you go, leave it better than you found it.

When David Cutcliffewas a young boy, his family was about to leave the park after a day of games and picnics. It was almost dark; they were the last ones to leave.

David’s father stopped his kids from loading the car. “I want you to go through this park and pick up every piece of trash,” he told them. The children objected. They hadn’t left any garbage in the park.

Mr. Cutcliffe knew that, but didn’t care. They were going to leave the park cleaner than it was when they arrived.

When they were finished, the kids were proud of the spotless park. They were leaving it better than they found it.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 15, 2013

If you tell yourself something enough times, your mind will believe it – even if it isn’t true.

There is a part of your mind that is working all of the time, even when you don’t realize it. It is called your subconscious. This is like the background music of your life. It is always playing. You hear it whether you notice it or not.

This part of your mind will believe whatever you tell it, especially if you tell it over and over again. If you tell your background mind that you are ugly, stupid or a goofball, your mind will believe it and start making you act like that.

But if you tell your mind that you are beautiful, handsome, smart and healthy, your mind will help you become those things, too.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 14, 2013

There are some things you can control and some things you can’t. Don’t worry about the things you can’t.

You are responsible for everything you do in life, but many of the things in your life are outside your control. All you can do is control how you react to them.

Don’t get upset when it rains; there is nothing you can do to keep it from raining. However, if the weather man tells you that it is probably going to rain today, don’t plan to mow the grass. Instead, plan to do something inside. Or do something outside you don’t mind doing in the rain.

If you get upset about things you can’t control, you will spend much of your life getting upset.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 13, 2013

There is a reason they put sugar in candy.

If a fly smells sugar or something sweet, it will go to that sweet smell and see what there is to eat.

People are the same way. They want to be around things and other people who are sweet and pleasant, not mean and bitter.

If you want someone to be nice to you, be nice to them first. It’s magic that almost always works.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 12, 2013

Everyone gets to decide his or her own future.

Some people in life don’t make plans or don’t work on their plans everyday. When things happen to these people, it is mostly out of their control. Other people or luck are deciding their future.

Although you can’t control everything that happens to you, you can take charge of it. You can make your plans. You can decide whether to work on them each day or not.

Someone is going to control your future. Will it be others or will it be you?

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 11, 2013

Try to have your best dreams when you are awake.

When you are asleep and dream, you don’t get to decide what the dream is about. You don’t get to decide who is in the dream or how it ends. It might be a scary dream, sad one or happy one.

During the day, you can also dream. When you do, you get to decide what happens. You can dream about wonderful things you want to do. You can dream about places you want to go or people you want to meet. In these daydreams, anything is possible.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 10, 2013

You already know what’s right and wrong.

Many times in our lives we can’t decide what to do so we look at the actions of the people around us. When we do that, we are letting them make our decisions. We lose control of our own decisions and, in some cases, our soul.

In most situations, you never need to ask anyone what is right or wrong. God has given each of us a compass inside ourselves that tells us the direction that is right. We only need to look at the compass.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 9, 2013

If you were a fish, would you go to the ocean on vacation?

One of the great joys in life is experiencing new things. How boring would it be to eat fried chicken every night for dinner? Pretty boring.

Imagine if you sat in the same room your entire life, or never met any new people.

One way to bring great fun into your life is to experience new things. Take advantage of new opportunities.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 8, 2013

Sweet tea tastes best with a little lemon.

In our lives, both good and bad things happen around us. We have to deal with things that we do not enjoy.

We enjoy the good things in our life the most when we realize how good they are. One of the ways to realize how sweet something is, is to taste the opposite – something that’s a little sour.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 7, 2013

Lemonade tastes best with a little sugar.

Although most people like lemonade, you have probably never seen anyone walking around sucking on a lemon. Lemons are sour.

In order to make a tasty drink, we usually add a little bit of something sweet to the recipe.

Life is the same way.

There are a lot of things in life that are sour. If you concentrate on those sour things, you will probably walk around with a puckered look on your face, just like if you were sucking on a lemon.

If you think about some of the good things around you, however, that is the “sweetness” in the recipe of your life.

By joining the hard things with the sweet things in your life, you will have an amazing and enjoyable combination

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 6, 2013

You don’t get stronger pushing a wagon downhill.

When a child is about one year old, he is strong enough to lift a small bottle of ketchup. Then he tries to lift something heavier - but he can’t. He isn’t strong enough. But he keeps trying. Every time he tries and fails, his muscles get stronger.

That happens his entire life. Every time he tries to do something that is hard, he gets stronger and becomes a better person.

If he only lifted feathers he would never get stronger.

If we never did hard things in our lives, life would be pretty easy - but we would never be strong enough to lift even a bottle of ketchup.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 5, 2013

What do you think about the most? That is what you will probably be good at.

No matter what we do in life, we will run into problems. Everyone has times when things don’t go their way. Successful people are the ones who run into problems - then try even harder. They don’t get frustrated.

It is easiest to work at something if you have a strong passion for it. Do you think about it all the time? If so, you are more likely to handle temporary setbacks.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 4, 2013

Get along with others.

The people who do more and are happiest in life are the ones who can see things from the other guy’s point of view. They don’t fight.

They work with other people, not against them.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 3, 2013

A major cause of unhappiness is wandering around with no plans or goals.

People are happiest when they are moving in the direction of the things that are most important to them.

Do you really want to be a rock star? Then practicing music will make you happy. Do you want to be a great basketball player? Then you will want to do all of the hard work it takes to get there.

But if you don’t know what your goals are, you are probably just wandering around through your days. You have no plan, no purpose and no passion. That causes unhappiness.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.

noreply@blogger.com (W. David Moon) — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:05:00 +0000

September 2, 2013

It takes two people to fight.

Have you ever seen anyone fight by herself? Have you ever heard anybody arguing with himself?

That would look pretty stupid or silly, wouldn’t it?

Don’t ever blame a fight or argument on someone else. If you are arguing or fighting with someone, that’s a decision you made. It’s not the other person’s fault.

Daily Affirmation: I am smart, happy and healthy. My parents love me. God has given me many gifts. I can do anything I want to if I make a plan, concentrate and work toward it every day.