Something to think about

Our Mind Finds What We Look For

When we decide we are something—like "I am unlucky" or "I am smart"—our mind helps us. It looks for things that prove we are right. If we think we are unlucky, we notice every bad thing. If we think we are smart, we notice when we do well.

This happens with all our beliefs. Good ones and bad ones. The belief comes first, then the proof comes after.

What Changes Our Beliefs:

• What we watch and read - Videos, news, social media
• People around us - Friends, family, teachers
• How we feel - Happy, sad, angry, scared

These things push our beliefs in one direction. Bad news makes us think bad things. Happy people around us make us think happy things.

We Can Choose Our Beliefs

The good news: we can change what we believe. Even if we believed something for a long time.

If you believe "I can be happy today," your mind will help you. It will look for happy things. It will ignore some sad things. You will feel better because you chose to think this way.

This is not pretending. It is choosing which truth to focus on. Every day has good and bad. We choose which one to see more.

Simple steps:

• Notice what you believe about yourself
• Ask: "Is this belief helping me?"
• If not, try a new belief
• Look for proof of the new belief

Example: Change "People don't like me" to "Some people like me, some don't." Then look for people who are nice to you.

Believing we will feel better actually makes us feel better. Our mind follows our beliefs. If we believe good things can happen, we see more good things. If we believe we can be happy, we act in ways that make us happy.

What we believe changes what we see. What we see changes how we feel. We have more power over this than we think.

Most people do not acknowlege, how much negatively the modern web imapcts us, we are constantly flooded with bad news and all sorts of issues. That does have a good reason, as you and I are way more likely to click on something that we are convinced is an issue or something that migh be a threat, than lets say a new improvment in technology or medicine that will make our lives easier. We are influenced even by the things that we hate. Being exposed to this kind of content for very long time is eventualy going to make us feel like everything is geeting worse. I think that our lives right now are better, than whatever we would have been before. Today, we can instantly connect with loved ones across the world, access endless knowledge in seconds, that makes both school and work way easier. Yet online wee hear that everything is so bad. We are sad, beacuse we are told to be sad by our phones and computer. If we reject this type of slop, the society will improve greatly.