| If you are unhappy with your life, you may want to | | | | thoughts that occupy your focus, but you have to take |
| know how to change your destiny. You look around | | | | charge. If I tell you "Don't think about a black cat for the |
| and see people with bigger houses, fancier cars, nicer | | | | next ten minutes," I can guarantee one black cat is |
| clothes, able to take more elaborate vacations. If | | | | going to keep trying to tiptoe back into your |
| you're single, it may seem that the whole world is | | | | consciousness. Who put it there? You did. Only if you |
| paired off, living happily ever after, while you retire to | | | | consciously say to yourself "For the next ten minutes, I |
| your lonely world day after day. | | | | am only going to focus on a white dog" will you be |
| The truth is that to a large extent you create your | | | | able to keep the black cat away. The trick is replacing |
| own destiny. This is the heart of the book As a Man | | | | thoughts that aren't working for you, not blocking them. |
| Thinketh by James Allen. Consciously or unconsciously, | | | | If you are single and lonely, your thoughts may be |
| your thoughts have determined your destiny. They | | | | focusing on your loneliness. "I am never going to meet |
| have determined the neighborhood you live in, your | | | | anyone" or "All the good ones are taken" are thoughts |
| career path, and the people you associate with. You | | | | that may creep into your mind. You and only you have |
| are not a victim of circumstance. You have ended up | | | | the power to replace these thoughts with something |
| exactly where you have chosen to go. | | | | positive, such as, "It's only a matter of time until I find |
| Life is full of choices. Things do not just happen to us - | | | | my soul mate." |
| we choose them. So the responsibility to make | | | | Choose positive, good thoughts. Focus on successful |
| different choices lies squarely on our own shoulders. | | | | outcomes at all times, and your subconscious will work |
| When pondering how to change your destiny, the first | | | | night and day to try to bring it about. |
| thing you have to understand is that everything begins | | | | Changing your destiny won't happen overnight. Master |
| in your mind. You have the power to choose the | | | | your mind and you will master your life. |