The 64th Chapter - The power of your thoughts and how they relate to your success.

Feb 18/17

My thoughts are on the impact of positive communication and actively listening to others.  With a theme of the power of our thoughts created into words that others will hear - and the lasting impact of those thoughts can be incredibly powerful.

A experience comes to mind that happened to me recently.  I was having a conversation with a co-worker about the culture in our society and how we behave is based on our daily interactions with others.  I shared a story of a behavior based study with him on how strong the impact of our external environmental conditions are and in fact will condition our mindset of reality.  Also the lasting power of what that conditioning and time can create on our environment of reality of unknowns.

What I mean by that is it is possible to behave a certain way with no idea of why we are behaving that way.  Some feedback loops on behavior is very simple - example of that - you touch a hot stove once and based on that experience you will not do that again.  So this is an rational form of reality based behavior change, to not touch a hot stove to avoid painful bodily harm.  As adults that learn lessons based on this concept we will teach others - with the goal of providing a safe environment to others around us that have not yet touched that hot stove.

In the study I spoke about to my co-worker external factors were created and players in the experiment change their behavior  based on these external factors, with no rational thought to why this environment was created.  As such a behavior was created in that group, a culture, that was based on no real logical feedback other that than the fact that the culture dictated that is just the way things are doing around here.

So a few weeks passed and we had another conversation and he said to me - remember the experiment you told me about a while back?  He goes on to tell me he was watching a movie and in that movie the experiment I spoke to him about, was in that movie and he expressed of the value of hearing of it twice to him.  Based on this, it has created a positive experience that has resulted in some growth of his awareness.

Which goes to my thought at the beginning of this chapter of communication and how powerful this process is in us and the importance of always coming from a place of kindness.  As one never knows how another person will interpret your words or how long those words can impact a person.  This brief 5 minute original conversation has created an environment in my co-worker that continues to resonate with him.  Also the value he has provided me with closing of the communication cycle is very positive and has provided me with fuel to keep going forward on my quest of providing value to others.  Not only has it provided me with fuel but also a general feeling of my growth as well.

Another thought came to me is based on this type of communication skill and who you chose to communicate with can allow you to grow and add energy to your emotional well being.

So this morning I was randomly looking at the movie guide and I stumbled onto the movie he saw that talked about the social experiment.  As the part played on the social experiment a smile came to my face and I felt a send of gratefulness.

All a random events this chapter is based on?  Or a conversation that started out so small that it is growing?  Perhaps the pattern of life and growth is possible with the art of strategically choosing the origins of our thoughts.  By choosing our thoughts that are based on our alignments will then start providing us the momentum of our greatness.

Like the small apple seed that grows into a strong tree providing shelter with its leaves and branches.  Not only shelter but food is also proved freely to all of nature, with this food it provides nature the ability to gain strength and energy.  The apply tree quietly provides so much value with no expectation of anything in return that are benefiting from its greatness.

So imagine using this pattern of life with everything we chose to do.  The benefits and the richness of our life will be unlimited.  The strength of our communities would be one of mystic type properties that would have no ending to the value provided to all of us.