The Cable Channels of Your Mind
Bombarded everyday. Thousands of media messages try to enter the forefront of our minds everyday. It’s important that we monitor those that are allowed to pass.Television is a media that continues to grow in number and in the power that it has over its viewing public.
I remember growing up and having a black and white TV. No one had a color TV because they weren’t on the market. We only had 3 or 4 channels and if we wanted to change the channel we had to get off the couch and do it manually.
Things are quite different today. Everyone has a color TV. More than likely there may be 3 or 4 in many houses. All of the color TV’s can get almost 1000 different channels. I’m not sure why we need so many channels, but with each of these TV’s you can change the channel without getting off of the couch.
Other than watching sporting programs and a few nature and travel shows I don’t watch much TV. I’ve found over time that laying around and watching TV makes me lethargic both mentally and physically.
Now that I’ve introduced the ideas of TV, media, and the impact that all of these can have on our thinking and our daily lives, I’d like to introduce the television stations that you should spend most of your time watching.
These particular stations do not appear on the television set in your living room but they appear on the television stations of your mind. Let’s get started by naming a few of them. Here they are:
- Get it done channel
- Don’t worry about it channel
- I’m in control of my life channel
- No problem channel
- I’ll take the risk channel
- My thoughts control my world channel
Our attitudes and our choices truly determine our altitudes. That’s why it’s so important that we keep close watch over the messages that are allowed to come into our minds.
We’ve just finished electing our next president. During the time before the election we listened to numerous promises and an equal number of negative comments. It seems that the negativity gets turned up during these election times.
I’m told that negative campaigning is the best way to win. That’s too bad. In my mind negativity only turns me away. It’s a sad statement to say that the majority of people in our country are swayed in a positive direction by negative thoughts and statements.
Continue to be in charge of the messages and the energy that you allow to come into your body and mind. You are the gatekeeper and your decisions affect the quality of the life you live.
Positive thoughts, regular movement and exercise, deep effective breathing, and believing in your ability are the things that you should be playing on your own TV screen. The fact that you can create the life that you choose is an exciting sound bite that you should be running on your mind’s screen on a regular basis.
Make it a point to plug into your own personal power channels,
Fred Nicklaus
Combat Endurance Training Coach
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