''you will have 6 bad months and 6 good months''

whatever is pure, noble, excellent, of good report or praiseworthy, think about such things.

what you feed thrives, what you starve dies.

as a person thinks in his or her heart, so will they be.

you've probably heard all these things before, but put them all together, and they point to an astonishing implification: whatever you habitually dwell on, that is what you are. a thought in the heart is a belief--any thought, no matter how small.

don't feed the bad ones, like the saying ''don't feed the bears,'' pretty soon the bears may come after you for more food and devour you. don't even aknowledge their existence by denying them.

just feed the good ones and you won't have any time, any room, any ability to give any power to, any of the bad ones. that's why they say ''smile, it'll make you feel better,'' and ''laughter is good medicine,'' b/c at a most basic level, smiling/laughing gives your subconscious mind a message to find a reason to keep smiling, since smiling is so thuroughly attatched to positive emotions. William James is responsible for one of my all-time favourite quotes: ''we weep not because we are sorrowful, rather, we are sorrowful because we weep.''

contentment is a rectifying of the inner self, not a collection of outside things. i know it does sound like it's ''easier said than done.'' but it's much easier than one might think.