your fertile mind
“The mind is like a fertile garden; it will grow anything you wish to plant–beautfiul flowers or weeds.”
- Bruce Lee
I thought this was a great quote to follow up on yesterday’s Note about self-imposed limitations.
Your mind is probably your most powerful asset; I go back and forth between your heart and mind as most powerful for reasons beyond the fact that without your heart beating, you will not live. The heart’s connection to your Higher Power makes it your most important asset, but your mind's influence on whether or not what your heart receives becomes your reality is extremely powerful.
You have more control over your mind than you do your heart—you just need to align your Self to be able to listen to your heart, but you can’t change what it receives, and it’s because of this that I shift the “most powerful” award to your mind…”most important” goes to your heart.
I don’t think most people understand how powerful their mind is, whether or not they are even in control of it, and are oblivious to the fact that they are responsible for the majority of what is “wrong” in their lives.
I spoke about the power of your mind and how to regain control of it back in the fall of 2023 in my Keep Pursuing Series of talks (subtle plug for the 2025 Keep Pursuing Series kicking off later this month—you can grab free tickets here). I feel even more strongly about the importance of controlling your mind now.
Too many people plant weeds when they can plant beautiful flowers if they’d only take back control of their minds.
Plant flowers, not weeds. (This is my sad attempt at being concise like Bruce Lee’s “Be water, my friend” 😀).
🎧 Listen to today's Note on the LifeDesign+ podcast.
See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC
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