Day 168 of wisdom
“The ancestor of every action is a thought.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no action without a thought, and if any actions happens without a thought, it would be on impulse. One of Africa's foremost independent crusaders, Kwameh Nkrumah once said, "action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind." Our thoughts are the bedrock, basis, and foundation of our actions. If we take any action without thought, it must have been an impulsive action, which could have either a grave repercussion, or a positive impact. Impulsive action could be taken out of deep anger, or extreme excitement, it could be a matter of life, and death.
Lao Tzu was quoted to have said the statement, "watch your thoughts; they become words, watch your words; they become actions, watch your actions; they become habits, watch your habits; they become character, watch your character, it becomes your destiny." We must guard our thoughts with all diligence, and sincerity, they are the vehicle that drives us to our destiny, and if we are in the wrong vehicle we will arrive at the wrong destination.
We are a product of our thoughts, and if we will be what we wish, and desire to be, we must think in manners that align with our desired destination. Positive thoughts produce positive outcomes, and negative thoughts produce negative outcomes. We can channel our thoughts in the right direction, we can change our thought, and our lives will change. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so his he" we become what we repeatedly think.
If we must be free, we must begin to think freedom; if we must be prosperous, we must begin to think prosperity; if we must be great, we must begin to think greatness, and with all our thinking, we must begin to act, because thought without action is blind. In the words of Henri Bergson who said, "think like a man of action, act like a man of thought" if our actions are without thought, we are only acting in futility, and if our thoughts are without actions, we have only succeeded in building a castle in the air.
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