One of the problems that is common with a lot of people is that their actions and their thoughts do not align. That is, they just act without first thinking what will become the potential effect of that particular action. If people will be able to think before they act and avoid irrational and on-the-spot impromptu actions, they will avoid a lot of problems. The truth is that every action you take, whether you think it through or not, will definitely come with consequences. If you do not want a particular effect of an action, then it is best to avoid the action completely. Before you act, let your thoughts first connect with the actions.
Many years back, when I was in secondary school, while going home with some of my friends, they decided to branch into the game house to play a soccer video game before going home since school was cancelled that day because of some insecurity reasons. While they wanted to enter the place, I thought to myself "not today, because of what was making the rounds of news that day." So after thinking, I told them that I cannot enter with them and that I want to go home. I also advised them to go home but they laughed and told me that I was chicken-hearted.
I went home and they all went inside to play game. A few minutes later, a serious unrest started and the local vigilante had a clash with some violent hoodlums. My friends ran for their life, and scaled the wall of the compound with bars, and some got injured in the process. They were lucky that none of them got hit by the bullets from either side. All these would have been avoided if they had thought about their actions of going to play game on a day when angry youths were protesting. Pausing a while to think of an action can save you lot of regrets at the end. After you have thought a while, you will know if the actions you want to take are actually worth it.
You will agree with me that you cannot choose to play under the rain without an umbrella or raincoat and then not have your clothes wet by the rain. In the same way, your actions have potential effects which you do not have a choice than to bear. What you have a choice of is your action, but as soon as the action goes forth, then you do not have a choice of the effects. This is why you have to carry your brain and your thoughts along with you while you act. If a potential action does not sit right with you, then you do not have a reason to go ahead and undertake it.
Let your thoughts be positively-inclined, so that your actions will also be positive. It is out of your predominant thoughts that your actions are birthed. If you want to act right and positive, then your thoughts have to be right and positive too. More often than not, what someone acts is a true reflection of what goes on in their mind. In every aspect of your life, you have to note that there is a place for your mind. That is, you have to allow the mind to discern the potential outcome of an action before you take it. Even in business or in your investment, your mind also has a part to play which cannot be overemphasized.
However, you need to also know that even though you are to think an action before you act, you do not have to continue thinking that you forget to take the action. Remember that it is not what is in your mind that is rewarded but the results you have as a function of the actions you have taken. As much as you are to think, but it should not replace the need to act when you need to. Someone that has the solution to a problem in their mind and does not put it to action is almost no different from someone who does not have the solution at all. It is your action that substantiates what you have thought in your mind.
Your thoughts can be likened to having a seed, but what makes the seed to yield fruits is when it is planted. In the same way, what gives life to your thoughts is your action. It is worthy to note that even your ideas cannot fulfill themselves from your mind, they need to be empowered by actions in order for them to see the light of the day. As a you think towards an idea or a dream and as you make plans for it, also let your thoughts align with it in order for it to be realised.
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