There's a saying that what you water is ultimately what grows.

That where you place your attention ends up guiding your feelings, your perception, your actions, and your life.

Focus becomes identity.

And change comes from bringing awareness to what we're focusing on.

I remember when this light bulb went off for me.

Like so many epiphanies, you know what happened during a difficult kind of a trying time.

It wasn't where I wanted to be.

And I remember, you know, sitting down and asking myself, you know, dude, are you on your own team here?

Are you helping yourself?

Using the metaphor, the question was,

am I watering the weeds in my life or the flowers?

And by the weeds, I mean, am I allocating energy to thoughts that are detrimental to what I want?

Am I keeping myself in places I don't want to be and in relationships that are counterproductive?

Am I thinking about what can go wrong instead of all that can go right?

Or am I watering the flowers, the positive, highlighting the possibility, the things I'm

appreciative for, the seeds, the potential that can grow a mile high?

See, I've always known the value in choosing to see the possibility.

But the million dollar question is,

how do you remain aware?

Because that's the thing about weeds, they're sneaky,

they'll take control of your life without letting you know they're doing it.

So I'm thinking this through and it dawns on me.

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