Keep It Positive

Forward Thinking

Paul didn’t accidentally tell us to think on what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and admirable.

He knew the mind doesn’t drift toward light — it drifts toward worry, fear, and negativity.

If you win $25 and lose $25, which one gets your attention? The loss. Negativity isn’t neutral.

Philippians is full of tension — disagreement, pressure, uncertainty. Paul even addresses division between two sisters in the church.

Yet he still calls them to choose holiness over hostility.

Mindset matters.

What you think about shapes what you bring about. You can’t think negative thoughts and live a positive life. You’re drawing in what you’re thinking about, just like a magnet.

If you want a strong marriage, good health, or meaningful work, you want to draw it in, you can’t think right and walk left.

Every day, you choose:

Drive or reverse.
Forward or backward.
Hope or complaint.

There were seasons when my mind lived in reverse. As a child, my father lived just five miles away — yet had nothing to do with me. I felt abandoned. For years I carried shame, as if no one truly cared. Negativity became my name.

But becoming a Christian changed my perspective. I set my mind on heavenly things.

My daughter once said it’s like coming to a stop sign — every day you decide which direction your thoughts will turn.

There is plenty of negativity in the world.
If you don’t take charge of your mind, you’ll start to sound like everyone else.

So set your thoughts on higher things.
Fight for your mental health. Program your mind for success.

Think on what is good.
Think on what builds.

Keep it positive.

Life is short. Live.

The rest of your life can still be the best of your life.

Grace,
Cedric