"Don't Make A Permanent Decision In A Temporary State"

 I love this story of a lady named Sheri Dew.  I first read it in If You Think you Can by TJ Housington Sheri always wanted to play college basketball. In 1971 she went to try out for the college team. When she entered the gym she witnessed how good the other girls where. When she witnessed this she had some very self defeating thoughts inside. She thought to herself "what are you thinking?"   "You aren't good enough to play ball here!" She stepped outside and took some deep breathes. She walked up and down the halls with these self defeating thoughts. Three whole hours passed by, tryouts were over by that time. She left to never try out for the college basketball team.
 30 years passed by.  She was asked to speak at the same college. By that time in her life she was asked to speak at different events.  For the first time she shared her story of pacing the halls to never trying out for the basketball team.   After she shared her story the athletic director  came up to her and said "in all my years of coaching that was the only year we were short one girl" "I was searching all year long to fill my last spot on the roster."
Self defeating thoughts can be so damaging. They can be life altering. I love these quotes "don't make a permanent decision in a temporary state"  "Thoughts lead to feelings, feelings lead to actions,  actions lead to results." And if you want to get a little deeper "thoughts lead to feelings, feelings lead to actions,  actions lead to your eternal destination."
We need to take control of our thoughts. It all begins with our thoughts. Start taking inventory of your thoughts and change them to positive you will witness life changing results for the better. I promise!