If someone knocks at your door, the first thing you want to know is, who is it? Is the person a friend or foe? The thoughts that you had yesterday, were they friends or foes? If a thought that enters your mind is one of peace, welcome it. A true friend brings peace. If a thought that enters your mind is one of fear, kick it out of your house. Enemies bring threats and trouble. You are the doorkeeper of the house of your mind. You have the keys. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. You become the thoughts that you allow to enter. Just as you become like the people that you hang around, you become like the thoughts that you allow to hang around inside of your mind. Be an active doorkeeper. Look through the window before you open the door. Make a decision. Do you want this one to come inside? Do you want the next one to come inside? Whatever you let inside will try to put down roots and stay there. Make decisions all day about each thought that enters your mind. Evaluate them. Are they friends or foes? Do you want them to stay and put down roots? Do you want to become just like them? A very young child can freely laugh with joy. What is inside of a young child? How much would you give for a peaceful mind? A mind at peace is a mind at rest. A mind at peace allows its body to rest. A mind at peace is an inner life without war. Does meditation on the unfairness of life bring peace? Does remembering the injustices give rest? Where do fearful thoughts come from? Do you choose fear as your inner home? Do longings and desires bring joy? Look again at a well-fed baby. Where does his peace come from? What can you do today to gain a peaceful mind? If fear is not your desire for your mind, what can you do to protect your mind from this invader? If anger is not your will for your inner life, how can you be free from it? If sadness is not the real you, how can you leave it behind? If destructive desires have been your owner, how can you be free? If deceiving thoughts have cheated you out of a good life and left you with many regrets, how can you banish them? There are many paths to choose from each day. Which thoughts have become your guides? Have these guides been good to you? If not, how can you exchange them for a different Guide? Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
