Fuelling Your Thoughts

 fuel noun, verb

1. combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.

2. something that gives nourishment.

3. an energy source for engines, power plants, or reactors.

4. something that sustains or encourages; stimulant

I’ve read a lot this month.  Some months are great for reading and others, not so much.  This has been an awesome one - every magazine, newspaper and book I’ve touched held my attention and refused to give it back.   From the fascinating book “Change Works with CLEAR” to the May/June issue of Psychology Today, authors the world over have been pouring information, opinions, and mental challenges into my head. Love that!

Information is fuel for the mind, and since I have no interest in running on empty, I keep reading.

There are lots of articles, and even books, written from the standpoint of making the reader more interesting [How to Hold Your Own in a Conversation, What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say, How to Choose a Topic to Write About, etc.] I know that oversimplifying is one of my most irritating tendencies, but the truth of the matter is that I think the best way to be interesting is to simply be interested.

• Interested in the world around you, not just the person you see in the mirror.
• Interested in what others are doing to make this world a better place to live.
• Interested in other people’s needs, so you can try to become a part of the solution.
• Interested in learning something new every single day.
• Interested in being smarter on Friday than you were on Monday.
• Interested in how you can make yourself a better person.

We are all capable of so much more than we realize.  But we get comfortable with our knowledge.  We lie down on the bed of the books we’ve already read, we rest our head on the education we’ve gotten, and we pull the covers of our accomplishments over our head. 

The paragraph you just read?  It’s the slippery slope to stupid. 

And stalled.

And stagnant.

If you make one decision today, make it a great one.  Decide that you want more for yourself than you’ve been claiming.  When you read, you swing open the windows of the world and breath in knowledge and challenges.  Your world instantly becomes bigger, brighter, bolder, and more beautiful. 

Adopt the mindset of “A day spent without learning something is a day wasted.”  Then vow to never waste another day of your life.  Waste not….want not.

Have a great weekend - and read something that’ll touch the rest of your life.

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