Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts. Many books, moreover, serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed their guidance. You should read only when your own thoughts dry up, which will of course happen frequently enough even to the best heads; but to banish your own thoughts so as to take up a book is a sin against the holy ghost; it is like deserting untrammeled nature to look at a herbarium or engravings of landscapes.
I always try to think for myself and make the right decisions and sometimes it gets me into trouble so I often give it to a higher power because I have learned I can not do it alone
When you have an emotional reaction to what you see, you are judging. That is your signal that you have an issue inside of yourself – with yourself – not with the other person. If you react to evil, look inside yourself for the very thing that so agitates you, and you will find it. If it were not there, you will simply discern, act appropriately, and move on.”
jarred1: Thinking for yourself is the thing on which everything else depends.
Until we are free to think for ourselves, our dreams are not free to unfold. Nancy Kline
Totally agree. But I think the young ones of today need to start thinking for themselves instead of worrying what other people think or say about them.
jarred1: When you have an emotional reaction to what you see, you are judging. That is your signal that you have an issue inside of yourself – with yourself – not with the other person. If you react to evil, look inside yourself for the very thing that so agitates you, and you will find it. If it were not there, you will simply discern, act appropriately, and move on.” - Gary Zukav
I always think for myself... been out on my own since I was sixteen and bought my own property when I was sixteen... still own it.. Very independent woman...I am not a follower, I listen to others and unless it gets my curious side up.. I don't pay attention.. I have always told my daughters.. Think for yourself and be strong in your decisions... Love who you want to love and be happy.. Don't second guess... think...I don't try to tell someone how to think just give opinion if asked... but yes... I think for myself...
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