Thoughts, words and actions

Peace is what we all strive for and aligning one's thoughts, words and actions could bring that say the wise. So if we have a solution it would be easy you would think, but it is not quite so. Just try it.

It is when you try to realise how often we are out of sync leading to an almost unknown uneasiness. There are at times you feel low and uninspired and the reason could be that you are not being true to yourself.

It seems our likes and dislikes play a big role in our decisions. Even the people who consider themselves indecisive have to make numerous decisions in a day. It is interesting to wonder if emotions are connected to a decision-making process. Apparently, emotions are momentary and mood tends to last longer.

I suppose people who can disconnect from emotions and mood can remain objective time while making decisions. But how often have you postponed a decision because you don't feel like?

You probably were not in the mood.

Expressing our emotions is also related to our upbringing and family history as well as probably our environment. Do we quietly keep our emotions to ourselves or do we make it e everybody else's business? This probably depends on our personality but the one who can talk about and get it out of the system heals better than the one who holds onto their build-up emotions are more often ready to have an outburst and if they do there could be others too who could go through an upheaval of emotions in response to the outbursts.

Words can slice through a person's heart often humiliating, wounding and scarring sometimes forever. If we were to observe our own inner circles we would be able through the network of emotions triggered by words. The sensible ones will have skills to ignore, but will be smart enough to add further pollution of thoughts with reactions. Most invariably they are reactions when words are thrown at a person randomly. Words can even cause health issues when they are negative and are known to encourage when they are positive.

But when our intentions are something else and our words are chosen to please other's ears and our actions say something else we are in conflict. Our past conditioning influences us in many ways but what do we do if we want a fresh beginning? Probably start a new list of thoughts and vocabulary. A list of vocabulary that does not hurt us or others. It also requires us to learn new ways to handle each day and clear our way towards new goals.

Stepping out of our comfort zone requires us often moving into the area where we are forced to deal with newer emotions and insecurities. But they say learning a new language keeps our brains flexible and alert. Emotions tend to affect health but haven't we noticed tough challenges make us stronger? Every new skill we learn at first makes us think we are going to fail miserably and by the time we think about it again, we realise it has become part of our lifestyle.

When it comes to thoughts, however, we produce thousands of them in a day and from this we have to discriminate what we want and then say what we mean. Then it is time to act upon what we said. We might have genuine reasons why we could not keep our word, but when we look at the people who have a reputation for keeping their word we also realise why they are considered the most reliable.

Indeed, the skill of aligning thoughts, words and actions is a virtue and an asset.