{"id":4949,"date":"2021-07-24T03:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T03:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2021-07-24T03:14:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T03:14:21","slug":"as-a-man-thinketh-empowering-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=4949","title":{"rendered":"As a man thinketh &#8211; Empowering yourself!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cThings have a way of working themselves out if we just remain positive.\u201d \u2013 Lou Holtz.<\/strong> This principle is explained very well in the book &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<strong>As a man thinketh.\u00a0<\/strong>James Allen says that thoughts are seeds for actions, so our mind is a garden where we must cultivate the right seeds.\u00a0Allen uses the analogy of our mind being like a garden.\u00a0In this analogy, the right seeds are thoughts that make us vital, energized and strong, while the weeds are disempowering thoughts. Researchers have proved that if we fill our minds with negativity, we will experience a negative outlook on our lives. Our minds are more powerful than we think. Hence we should fill ourselves with positive thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>In the Bible, the book of Matthew says,\u00a0<em>\u201cFor every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0It clearly explains that you will gravitate toward that which you, secretly, most love.<\/p>\n<p>The key message of the book is that everyone has the ability to create their reality. So, go ahead and think positive, as by staying positive, good things will eventually come your way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThings have a way of working themselves out if we just remain positive.\u201d \u2013 Lou Holtz. This principle is explained very well in the book &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0As a man thinketh.\u00a0James Allen says that thoughts are seeds for actions, so our mind is a garden where we must cultivate the right seeds.\u00a0Allen uses the analogy of our mind being like a garden.\u00a0In<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-integrity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4971,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949\/revisions\/4971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}