"Old behaviors bring old feelings. New behaviors bring new feelings. If I want to feel differently, I need to behave differently."
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May 24, 2008
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Or as it was told to me, "I can't think my way into right acting, but I can act my way into right thinking." I have found this to be very true.
Somebody comment besides me, will ya?
Posted by: MacLeod123 | May 24, 2008 at 06:31 AM
Exactly! That was a revelation to me. I kept sitting there, trying to think the changes into being. Ok, ok, sitting there at the bar, but you know what I mean.
-- Mr. SponsorPants
Posted by: Mr. SponsorPants | May 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM