How Can We Improve Our Lives?

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These are just some of my random thoughts on how I can imporve myself. I thought you may enjoy reading them. 1. THE POWER OF THOUGHT Love begins with our thoughts. I believe this with all my heart. I know that when my thoughts are pure and positive, I am a better person. We do become what we think about. Loving thoughts, experiences and loving relationships. All these can ultimately change our beliefs and our thoughts about others and even about ourselves. If we want to love someone, we need to consider his or her needs and desires. I do believe that the information and views that we put into our heads can and do affect our way of thinking. If we are very careful about what we view, say and think, we will see a difference in our thoughts. We no longer view anything with a rating above PG13 and I have found that my thoughts on modest dress, language and the way I treat people have changed. Even my thoughts on the importance of the family have increased. I had no idea that the things I was putting into my thoughts affected my life so much. I never did watch a rated X movie in my life so that Is not what I mean here but a rated R has a lot of things that we tend to just ignore but they do still affect us. 2. THE POWER OF RESPECT You can not love anyone or anything unless you first respect them. We cannot respect others until we learn to respect ourselves. The first person you need to respect is yourself. To begin to gain self respect,, you ask yourself, “what do I respect about myself ?” To gain respect for others, and yes, even those you may dislike, ask yourself, “what do I respect about them?” I am sure that you can think of something that you respect about everyone. Even those whom you don’t care much for. I remember when I first realized the importance of this. I worked with a gal whom I did not like very much. I finally decided that I was going to get to know he better and find something that I liked or respected about her. I did this and found that I did like her. She just had a different way of dealing with life than I did. 3. THE POWER OF GIVING If you want to receive love, you have to do is give it. The more love you give, the more you will receive. To love is to give of yourself, freely and unconditionally. The rewards are so wonderful when you do this. Practice random acts of kindness. You will immediately feel the difference in yourself and you will feel peace within you. I have seen people who only want to be around another person who can help them in some way. After they have received the help that they wanted, they look for someone else to be buddies with. Before committing to a relationship, ask not what the other person will be able to give you but rather what will you be able to give them. The secret formula of a happy, lifelong and loving relationship is to always focus on what you can give instead of what you can take. I love serving others and I have received many wonderful blessings by doing this in my life. What are your thoughts? Do you think that our thoughts affect the kind of person we are? Do you find that respecting someone makes them more appealing to you? Do you respect yourself as much as you would like others to respect you? Do you think that serving others can make us better people? Do you enjoy serving? What kinds of things do you think affects the kinds of people we are?