It’s been said by many others in all kinds of ways, and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that it’s true: Our thoughts determine everything about our lives.
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. - Proverbs 4:23
The absolutely homicidal thought that somehow made it into my mind before I’d even left the crib was, “I can’t.” I wasn’t aware of it - how could I be? I only know about it because my mom told me long after I’d become an adult. She remembered thinking it was weird that I wouldn’t even try to climb out of my crib. When she asked why I never tried, apparently I told her in a sad little voice, “I can’t.”
And then I repeated that to myself thousands and thousands more times, until the words de-cohered from an idea into a state. I tried to live a life in that necrotic state of mind. It didn’t work out so well.
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