There are so many things we can do to make our lives amazing. Yet, we are only human and don’t always have control over our thoughts, do we? Especially negative thoughts. These are triggered mostly in response to something someone said or a situation we just don’t want to deal with. When the door opens to let these negative thoughts in, your mood can spiral downwards and stay there faster than you can say “what!!” How do you stop that spiral? You really don’t have to live with it, because I know through experience that life can be wonderful when you focus on positive solutions rather than groan under the constraints of those negative thoughts. They really drag you down if you let them, you know. Emmett Fox, author of The Seven Day Mental Diet suggests that we use the concept of “diet” for our mental well-being. Just as we create a healthy diet for our body, we create one for our mental well-being too! And I think you will agree that our spiritual, emotional and intellectual health impacts our entire life. Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission. ~Ralph …