Root Thoughts

Our thoughts are the roots of our behavior. And our thoughts are not what we know, they are what we think about, dwell on and even tell ourselves. It’s not logic and intellect, it’s conversations inside our heads and on what we choose to focus. Our actions, the fruit, won’t be greater than the roots providing those behaviors nourishment.

This seems obvious enough, yet many expect positive, meaningful fruit to come from a compromised root system. They live their lives with negative, caustic thoughts – musings of pessimism, regret, bitterness, envy, doubt, anger and jealousy – and then wonder why their positive actions are short lived. Shallow roots will never support deeps actions. And while some may get the fruit to show up for a while, it’s not sustainable. The behavior will eventually die off. The fruit gradually withers away and rots as the roots bring up poison instead of nourishment. The actions become corrupted and polluted by negative thoughts.

Work from the inside out and carefully nurture your thoughts. Cultivate a proper root system and the fruit will show up on its own.