We are what we think, and we must constantly stand guard that our thoughts are always what we wish our lives to become.
Outwardly we may show the world a very different face from that which we really have. In time, however, the inward state takes over and shows itself in its true colors. Not for long can one conceal the thought life that he or she habitually holds and lives with.
It is not a pretty picture when one loses his temper and, in so doing, loses his stature with those he would most like to impress. It is a form of childishness, of weakness of will, and a showing of dissatisfaction with his world and his inability to cope with it and with the situations that come up in the life.
Our reactions to these displays are to be disgusted and to avoid the person who so conducts himself. That, in itself, is a form of punishment that the one afflicted must be willing to bear, though, strangely enough, it is quite the opposite of the desire which first motivated the action.
Could we but see the dark, disagreeable colors that come into the aura of the person who shows plainly the grave errors of his thought life in such fashion, we would shun this display and this controlling thought as we shun poison for, in truth, that is what it really is.
We are what we think, and we must constantly stand guard that our thoughts are always what we wish our lives to become.
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