OLIVER SHIFLISH - LESS FEAR MORE HAPPINESS (sample)

So, we can cause happiness or suffering to ourselves
and to others with:
1. our thoughts
2. our words
3. our actions
4. our omissions (failures to act)
Before we say or do something there is a thought.
Therefore the most important thing is to focus on our
thoughts.
Forget about words, actions and omissions and
concentrate on observing your thoughts. In fact, become
a hunter for the negative ones. As soon as you see one
emerge just push it back and replace it with a positive
one and only then utter a word or do something. Every
time you succeed in replacing a negative thought with
a positive one, collect a white pebble. Every time you
don’t, collect a black one. You will see as the days pass by,
the daily pile of white pebbles will be bigger and bigger,
and the daily pile of the black ones smaller and smaller.
After a while, even just a couple of days, you will feel the
connection between a bigger pile of white pebbles and
increased happiness.
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