As A Man Thinketh... #WordsMatter
By Audrey Muhammad
Have you heard of the saying “You are what you think about?” Did you know our thoughts can affect us, no matter what our surroundings may be or what we may have? There are some wealthy, unhealthy and unhappy people. Even if we are “eating” good food, if our thoughts are “bad,” we can ill affect the digestive process in a negative way. Our thoughts are the WORDS we say in our mind. The words we use DO Matter. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said, “We can eat the best food, we can take fasts for nine days or for 20 or 30 days if we want to; and we will still suffer if we do not feed the brain with the right food. These two bodies—the brain and digestive tract—have much in common with one another. Whatever hurts one hurts the other. We must treat both well” (How to Eat to Live Book I, p57).
Negative words are like “verbal fat.” What am I referring to when I say “verbal fat?” Verbal fat is referring to the thoughts and words that we repeat to ourselves that have a negative impact on our minds and are of no “nutritional value.” Granted, some fat is needed as stored energy, just as maybe one person saying you can’t do something may be a slight motivation, but no one needs that type of spirit all the time.
How can we get rid of “verbal fat?” We must exercise or practice replacing negative thoughts with positive producing ones. (Two thoughts cannot occupy the same space and the same time, right?) For instance, instead of saying, “Its hard for me to lose weight,” Say “It’s easy to improve my health if I do something each day to improve it.” Or instead of saying, “I will always be fat,” say, “I will always strive to improve my health. I am a child of God. With Him, anything is possible.” Are you getting stronger? Are you burning some “verbal fat calories?” (smile). Choose your words/thoughts wisely; as the Minister recently said, “Words matter.”
In the book, Get Fit to Live: Be Your Best You, it states, “For every physical law, there is a spiritual law. For every physical reality, there is a spiritual thought.” The book also discusses the examples given by author, Louise L. Hay, who explains in one of her books how negative mental thoughts can lead to certain physical conditions. For instance, “ a loss of appetite may signal [thoughts of] fear or not trusting life, (therefore, you don’t feed yourself.) Depression may be caused by the thoughts of hopelessness and ungratefulness, etc. (Read more about your thoughts and wellness in the book, Get Fit to Live: Be Your Best You available at www.virtuetodaymag.com).
The saying “Change your thoughts, change your life” is quite possible. How do we get “fit to live” and grow into a God? The Honorable Minister Farrakhan said in Study Guide #18, “The first step toward growing into the Mind of God is to desire to do His Will. Then, we must learn to obey His Commands. (“Rising Above Emotion Into The Thinking Of God”). Isn’t God worthy of respect and obedience? Let’s answer these questions with an affirmative “Yes!” and get fit to live!
May Allah(God) bless us all with peace, love, health, wealth, love and happiness.
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(Audrey Muhammad is a fitness instructor, and author of Get
Fit to Live: Be your best You! To
obtain your copy, send a $12 check or money order to Get Fit to Live,
P.O. Box 61402, Raleigh, NC 27661-1402). Please consult a physician before
beginning any new workout or dietary plan.
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