Thoughts

Ideas start out as just another thought until we plant it in our mind and add more thoughts to it. Soon if we're not careful we've added so much water, or thoughts, to that simple idea and it's taken root and started to grow. Tyler Perry has said that people are like trees in our life. There are some like leaves that leave at the slightest sign of trouble, some are like branches and will support you through certain things but when things get to heavy they break and are gone. Then there are the precious few that are like roots. These are the ones that don't need to be seen and have it known that they help you through your troubles and they are the ones that are there any time of day and help you through your worst storms. Ideas are like this as well if you think about it.  Some thoughts are like leaves, you think about them but it doesn't take much to forget them. Before you know it other thoughts quickly come around and will blow your present thoughts away and you've quickly moved on to another idea. Then some are like branches, these can get a bit stronger hold on you. You think about these a bit longer and start adding more thoughts to your original idea/thought and then makes these stronger and a little harder to forget.  Sometimes this is good, other times not so much. Finally, there are those that we've thought about so much and added so much to it, whether it's true or not, that it takes roots in our mind and starts growing roots. These are the thoughts and ideas that stay with us the longest and help us have peace or give us worry depending on what the thought is. I guess the whole point of this very confusing note is that we really need to be careful what we think about and focus on. Something can start out as an idea or thought but if we focus on it to much, especially if it's something that will just cause us worry and stress, it can grow roots and be very hard to dig up and get rid of. It's not such a bad thing if it's a good thought or something that can help you grow and be happy or at peace, but you got to watch cause those angry thoughts can  easily take over and smother the roots of the things you should be thinking on.