You Are What?

"You Are What You Think" was the name of the first book I read which caused in me a paradigm shift. A NEW and fresh way to see the world around me. It was a life saver in the midst of an ocean of alcohol and a low fog of smoke filed clouds. I would still be out a drift in the muck of it for quite sometime afterwards but it would at least keep me afloat long enough to see the shore once again. It was the first time i realized that on one of the most deepest levels of how we can not only define our selves but the world which is defined by are own thoughts. Now granted our thoughts pop up from the actual deepest part of our self's our conscious and unconscious and are with out a doubt influenced genetically and environmentally.But though free will is an illusion. Those can be changed like a stack of domino's in effect one thought, leads to another which leads to action and eventually our legacy. start by reading inspiring stuff and surrounding yourself with mentors of such. Practice gratitude, develop your self in your passions and be of service with them. Create an environment in which grows you one in which will breed an environment of growth within you. "If you want something to change, the fastest, if not  the only way to change it, is changing the way you look at it. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison for being a peace activist. He says he came out better than when he went in. How is that given his environment?  Most don't realize they've built a prison within themselves. One of lack, disbelieve, unwanted realities.  When I was 18 I had major self worth issues, on top of my addictions. A brew of confusion which lead to a world of chaos. But I started to realize that it's in the way I look at the world, the way i frame it. The importance I give things, the questions I ask myself and of others, thinking out side the box. It's so amazing how when you start to develop a deeper and better understanding of your self and how your mind works and how it's all connected to the world. You can REALLY start to make a change in your life for the better. Which naturally effects the others around you.