Gardening Your Mind: Part 2 - Choice, Responsibility, and Replacing the 'Can..

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In part 1 I explained how negative language and thoughts are like
invasive weeds that choke the life, beauty and fruitfulness out of a
garden. If we want a positive mind and attitude it's vital that we
recognise these weeds and replace them with the seeds of positive
thinking. So here's the second of three instalments about gardening
your mind - dealing with - the 'Can't/Should/Have To' plant.
The 'Can't/Should/Have To' plant
This plant is one of the smallest - just the odd word slipped in here
and there makes it almost invisible to most gardeners. And that makes
it all the more dangerous, because left alone it smothers two of the
most empowering parts of our mind garden - our sense of choice and our
sense of responsibility.
How can such seemingly insignificant words have such a devastating
effect? Well, one way is by offering us an easy way 'forward'. For
instance, when we're faced with saying no to a friend it can feel more
comfortable to explain that we can't help because we've have to do
something else. It shifts the blame - saying, 'hey, it's not my
fault.'...

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