It is easy to understand that
with food what we put into our system affects what we put out (and I’m not
talking toilet here). To say bad diet equals bad health is a little simplistic
but a fair deduction to make. But we don’t often think of our minds in that
way. The psyche is a powerful thing and the
senses are constantly absorbing and digesting data for it.
Personally Speaking
That got me thinking. Over the
past few years I have been reducing my intake of certain things, from horror
movies to chocolate, TV soaps to mainstream music (not to say that any of these
are bad things). I replaced these, what were for me merely time passers, with
more deliberate choices of past times and subject matters; like watching Youtube videos on quantum physics and dynamic thinking
(I adore TEDtalks), reading books and websites
on self help and the esoteric as well as watching more comedies and spending
more time karaoking with mum.
And has it affected my output?
Well I think so yes!
By being more choosey about what
I allow in I’ve discovered that what comes out (of me at least) is more focused
and constructive. I feel I’m more decisive and more confident in myself, more
present in my daily dealings and generally happier and more interested in what
can sometimes be the humdrum that is my own life.
Outside Perspective
After several discussions with people on the matter a
friend, Life Coach in training and fellow blogger Daniel Whittaker (see the brilliant Each One Teach Won )
sent me the following video after letting the words and concepts marinate.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. How does it
make you feel? What thoughts/ideas does it conjure?
Ideas and Thoughts
This is the statement this video
produced from me (or I from it, or both).
“The infinite perpetuation of the input/output cycle all begins with what you choose to put in...You only need to start”
This really motivated me, both to
seize the day and to continue to pay attention to that which I expose myself
to. Every time I deliberately choose something for myself I am setting
something into motion. That could be thoughts, feelings or situations, but one
will lead me to another, to another, to another until I reach the point where I’m
faced with another choice and must make another decision for myself.
Looking at it this way makes even
the dullest of existences and the seemingly most powerless of people’s lives
seem full of colour, choice and options. So why not take some control and
choose wisely with your mental input and enjoy the results of what comes out.
Temet nosce, carpe diem et esto
perpetua.
Know thyself, seize the day and
may it be perpetual.
