When I was in grade school my family went to a mission’s base in Montana, the kids learned this skit where we wore these large garbage bags and sang this song about “Garbage in, Garbage out…sooner or later it’s gonna’ come out.” I have flashbacks to this skit often in my adult life, little did I know how applicable that song would be in our daily lives.
The choices we make, the information we consume, and the influences we allow can significantly impact our overall well-being and success. When you consistently make poor choices, such as procrastinating instead of working, indulging in unhealthy habits, or surrounding yourself with negative influences (you are the sum of the 5 people you spend the most time with), you are essentially feeding yourself with garbage. As a result, you can expect suboptimal outcomes and unfulfilled potential. On the contrary, when you make thoughtful, positive choices – setting clear goals, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and fostering positive relationships – you are providing quality input to your life's program. The outputs, in this case, are more likely to be successful, fulfilling, and aligned with your aspirations. In the age of information overload, what we consume has a significant impact on our mindset, beliefs, and outlook on life. The adage "You are what you eat" can be applied to our mental diet as well. If we constantly consume negative, misleading, divisive, or irrelevant information, we are essentially poisoning our minds with garbage data. This applies to our lives, what you see, what you hear, what you say, what you eat, what you think, where you go, the company you keep… This is one of the reasons I don’t watch TV, especially the news…among many other life choices. Consume wisely, B.
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