Categories: Columnists, Hazel Rosetta Smith,
Every thought creates something. Thinking is not something we choose to do; it is as natural as breathing and as consistent as an automatic pilot. On our own, we cannot cease from doing either no matter how hard we try. What we think about is the crux of everything.
Our brain was created to be the command center, headquarters of thought like a file cabinet of drawers that hold alphabetical folders. When the brain is functioning properly, it transmits either a GO or NO instruction that activates a chain reaction to engage the gears of this profound locomotive, that is our body.
Even when we are at rest, commands are still coming forth. From the outer skin to the deepest bone, to the blood cascading from the pumping of the heart, every organ, muscle, artery, and joint knows its duty. We are wonderfully created.
However, the body remains a puzzle to the trained medical minds and scientists. If there is a weak link anywhere within, they say it is that we are not diligent in our focus on good health and wellness. It is because of what we bring to the plate, no pun implied, but we are weak to our intake, and we do know better. We ingest to appease our appetite and then in hindsight, we ask, what was I thinking? I believe our thoughts can either make us or break us.
Let us be real. It is not easy to think positive all of the time. We are engulfed by frustration, our own and others. We are embedded in daily news on the tube and by way of alerts that come through handheld devices twenty-four hours a day.
Harlem’s Poet Laureate, Langston Hughes wrote, “I don’t dare start thinking in the morning, if I thought thoughts in bed, them thoughts would bust my head, so I don’t dare start thinking in the morning.”
Langston’s words are a warning of how our first thoughts as we open our eyes in bed can be detrimentally dangerous. First thoughts can trigger a response that will determine how your day will be, before it begins. That kind of thinking that can promote feelings of doubt so strong they create a meltdown in your enthusiasm to accomplish a simple project.
On those days when there are mounds of trials and tribulations beating a path of worrisome thoughts across your mind, you can still win the battle. You have to focus on the blessings that have been more prevalent than the losses, hurts anddisappointments. Choose to think in an attitude of gratitude, find ways to show love to others and especially to yourself.No matter what you hear, remember this too shall pass. Be kind, just because you can be, and see what happens.
[Hazel Rosetta Smith is a journalist, playwright, and artistic director of Help Somebody Theatrical Ministries. Retired former Women’s Editor and Managing Editor of the New York Beacon News. Contacts: misshazel@twc.com and online at www.hazelrosetta.com]
