THINKING YOUR WAY TO A BETTER LIFE: Changing Your Life By Changing Your Thoughts

Our thoughts play an important role in our lives. By changing our thoughts, we can, to some extent, change our lives The human mind is capable of concentrating on only one thought at a time, so the goal is to have positive thoughts crowd out our negative thoughts. Dr. Allen Smith has been trying to help people change their lives by changing their thoughts for decades. Through his syndicated weekly newspaper column, “Contemplating Life,” and his inspirational books, Allen has been providing emotional support to people who feel burdened with worry over problems. Feedback from readers has led Dr. Smith to believe that many people have been helped by reading his inspirational essays and books. Life is filled with problems for almost everyone. We can’t get rid of all our problems, but the writings of Dr. Allen Smith, can help us deal with those problems. This book includes 52 individual inspirational essays, which are designed to help us deal with life, one day at a time. Some people use these writings for daily and weekly devotions. These essays can stimulate a lot of deep thinking about life. Benjamin Franklin strongly believed that we as individuals have the power to improve ourselves, and our lives, by focusing on self-improvement, one fault at a time. Franklin would focus on one of his shortcomings every week and concentrate his efforts on improving himself all week long. These essays lend themselves to working on our thoughts one thought at a time. They are “thought boosters” that stimulate our thinking and help us understand life better, one step at a time.