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During the past few months I were exploring the science of the brain and the link to our behavior, must say at this point the only thing that I know is how little I actually know of the field of Neuroscience.

However I would like to share the following information that changed my way of thinking and engaging, from the work of David Rock and discussed as my own interpretation. Research has proofed that at all times wê are engaging in one of the following types of thinking:

•Vision (Dreaming and creating new things for the better of the world and ourselves.)

•Process (Developing and optimising processes. The how of achieving. Building quantum relationships.)

•Detail (Thinking and talking about the detail. The rule is not to ponder to long, in this thoughts as one will not get to doing.)

•Problems (Thinking and discussing the things that are not working. Somebody had once said that this type of conversation is like water standing, it is no good and will shortly be invested by all types of insects and viruses, so let the thoughts move like a running river.)

•Drama (Thinking and discussing all those bad things that happened and will still happen and forgetting to open the Present in the moment.)

The research confirms that our thinking needs to be focused on vision and process. So my challenge to you is for the next month, reflect everyday were you were hanging around in your thoughts.

Interesting thoughts.. Click on image to enlarge.

Source : Unknown.

“Don’t worry if you have problems! Which is easy to say until you are

in the midst of a really big one. But the only people I am aware of

who don’t have troubles are gathered in little neighbourhoods. Most

communities have at least one. We call them cemeteries.

If you’re breathing, you have difficulties. It’s the way of life. And

believe it or not, most of your problems may actually be good for you!

Let me explain.

Maybe you have seen the Great Barrier Reef, stretching some 1,800

miles from New Guinea to Australia. Tour guides regularly take

visitors to view the reef. On one tour, the guide was asked an

interesting question. “I notice that the lagoon side of the reef looks

pale and lifeless, while the ocean side is vibrant and colourful,” a

traveller observed. “Why is this?”

The guide gave an interesting answer: “The coral around the lagoon

side is in still water, with no challenge for its survival. It dies

early. The coral on the ocean side is constantly being tested by wind,

waves and storms – surges of power. It has to fight for survival every

day of its life. As it is challenged and tested it changes and adapts.

It grows healthy. It grows strong. And it reproduces.” Then he added

this telling note: “That’s the way it is with every living organism.”

That’s how it is with people. Challenged and tested, we come alive!

Like coral pounded by the sea, we grow. Physical demands can cause us

to grow stronger. Mental and emotional stress can produce

tough-mindedness and resiliency. Spiritual testing can produce

strength of character and faithfulness.

So, you have problems – no problem! Just tell yourself, “There I grow again!”

- Author Unknown

Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at once. What a delight this is! All this inventing, this producing, takes place in a pleasing, lively dream.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” Henry Drummond

“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We’re all crew.” Marshall McLuhan

“You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.” Harry Firestone

You must constantly ask yourself these questions:

Who am I around? What are they doing to me?
What have they got me reading?
What have they got me saying?
Where do they have me going?
What do they have me thinking?
And most important, what do they have me becoming?
Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay?

Jim Rohn