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As you Grandchildren Thinketh …

Each of  you grandchildren,  are literally what you think … your character being the complete sum of all your thoughts. Grandpa is not saying anything new. There was a man 2,500 years ago who is known for his thoughts … about thinking. His name was Socrates. Other people over the centuries, who had the advantage of becoming literate, … recognized that we are the masters of who we are and who we can become.

Kids, if our subconscious mind were able to say to our conscious mind;

“Your thoughts are being recorded for future use and will become a permanent part of your memory … (i.e. your personality)”

Wouldn’t you tend to be a little more critical about what information you put into your brain? How can you tell if what you read or hear is actually true? The good news,  is that today, many people in the world are literate, and have the opportunity to become a critical thinker like Socrates … or some one like James Allen who wrote a very short book you can read called; “As a Man Thinketh” … in his heart, so is he. Written in 1903. 

The bad news today is that there is so much information available that is misinformation. It’s good to see colleges and universities offering “Critical Thinking” courses.  Today, the wars between opposing cultures is not about fighting on a battle field for land, but about winning the minds over to one cultures way of thinking, over the other cultures way of thinking.

Grandpa can’t emphasize enough how important it is for all of you children to be critical thinkers in what is your century … the 21st century.