Change your thinking

So we got the amazing blessing of hearing Andy Andrews speak this weekend. He had many profound things to say of which I am going to attempt to make sense of.

You create the culture in your home/ family.  
Only you can throw out the anchor and let change begin.

Our choices are a product of our thinking.

Thinking determines choices
Choices determine action
Actions yield results
Results eventually pile up- they never go away.  
These results are barriers around us. Like magnets- either attracting things/people to us & the culture we have created...or rebelling and pushing things/people away.
This is our reputation. 
Reputation=our culture.

SO ultimately our culture = our thinking.

When I look back on the past few months I realize that it all began in my thoughts. My temperament lends me internalize everything and over analyze everything which ultimately left me paralyzed in my head. 
The cycle went something like this. I am exhausted, two kids are HARD, my husband is busy working hard to provide for our family, I will just always be this size, always be negative. 

When I heard Andy Andrews break down this Thinking=Choices=Actions=Results=Culture it all clicked and finally made sense. No wonder I never got far in anything I wanted to do, because I had really given up before I ever started. My thinking was so negative and afraid of failure that there was no way I would ever get results.

All that to say, if you are frustrated with lack of results, or the culture you have created in your home, i would take a good look and evaluate your thinking.

As I did this I slowly began to change. I realized I am worth it. I am worth investing in. 
As I began thinking that maybe I really good make some positive changes, I began making simple choices to improve my current situation. Now six months later I feel better than ever, my marriage is better than ever and I have a whole new outlook on life and relationships.  

So where are the results you are experiencing? What is life going to look like in 2,5,10 years if you keep on the same path? Your finances? Disciplining your kids? Your marriage? Your health?  From what I took from Andy Andrews, if you are unhappy with the current results, take a good hard look at your thinking because thats where it all began. Then begin the changes in your mind, in your thoughts. Do you really WANT to be debt free? WANT obedient children? WANT a happy marriage? WANT to be healthy?  

Only you can decided what you WANT. 

6 months ago I made a decision that I truly wanted to be the best mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, ME that I could be. Thats what I wanted at the core of who I am. 

SO I made small simple choices to move in that direction.