Our Brains Have a Negative Bias, Part 3 (TMF:2420)
Friday, August 16, 2024
Peace to Live By: Our Brains Have a Negative Bias, Part 3 (TMF:2420) - Daniel Litton
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But my understanding is that it can actually cause physiological changes in our brains where they can actually rewire themselves overtime so that they have more of a tendency to think positively. So, when God told us to do this in the Bible, he had good reason behind it because it works toward really improving our bodies. In thinking about good things, it can really be anything good that we think about. It doesn’t have to be things we find in the Scripture. Those aren’t the only good things. We can think about nature, people who have loved us, people we love, pets we care about, good vacations we have taken, whatever, they all can work to give us good, positive, happy thoughts. The key is that we need to focus on these things for prolonged periods of time. Only thinking about something for five seconds isn’t really going to do us any good. I mean, think about it. When you think about negative things, you often dwell on those things for prolonged periods of time. Well, what if when you thought about positive things, you set your mind on them for prolonged periods of time?