BIG IN DA STREET MAGAZINE Volume 2 Issue 5 October 2013 | Page 4

In life we go through things. It is easy to point the finger and
blame others for our issues. There’s a old saying, “sweeping around
your own door before you sweep around mine”. At some point in
your life you have to take responsibility by considering your role
in your situations. What are you doing? There are many things to
reflect upon when you evaluate where you are in your life. I think
that it is important to be mindful of your thoughts, the things that
you think about, and your friends.

and at that point I started living a undefeated life.

Lastly, consider your friends. The word “friend” is used so loosely
these days. Every time I turn around I hear, “my BFF”, “my bestie
boo”, or “my day one”. It’s cool, to have a good time, but at the end
of the day, that does not determine if that’s a friend. There’s a story
in the Bible that I feel will help you in determining if you really
have genuine friends. Mark 2:15 in the Bible tells the story of a man
who was paralyzed. His friends took him to see Jesus so that he
Have you ever really just sat back and thought about the things
could be healed. When they arrived, there were people everywhere.
that you talk about? Do you know that thoughts become words and
There was no room to get their friend in to see Jesus. The men could
words become actions? The Devil always attack people in their
have easily turned away. Instead, they tore the roof off the house
mind (thoughts) so it’s important to pay attention to what you think and lowered their friend down in front of Jesus and he was healed.
about. Joyce Meyer refers to the mind as a “battlefield” If you think Will your friends carry you like that? Are you willing to be the one
about it, that’s really what it is. Consciously or subconsciously, you doing the carrying? Would your friends go to the limit and tear the
are always thinking about something. A person who has low selfroof off? Would you tear the roof off for your friends? You need
esteem starts out thinking about it. Eventually it will come across in people in your life who have your best interest at heart. You need
their actions. So if you think you think that you are awesome, that
people who are going to tell you what you need to hear and not what
will also come across in your actions. Proverbs 23:7 says, “For as he you want to hear. Chances are, if your friends are negative, so are
thinketh in his heart, so he is”. I haven’t always thought so highly of you. If your friends are living defeated lives, there is a chance that
myself. I had low self-esteem, I did not think that I was pretty, and
you are. This may not be the case all the time, but majority of the
I thought that there were things that I could not do. I had to switch
time it is. As I look at my friends, all of them are doing something.
up my thought process. There is not a soul on this earth that can tell We motivate each other and that is one of the things that I love most
me that I can’t conquer the world. I’m doing more in my life now
about them. Consider surrounding yourself with positive, optimistic,
than I ever thought that I would be doing. The Bible tells us that
and driven people and see how far that will take you.
reprogramming our minds to think differently is hard, but it takes
time.
Of course there are other things to consider when situations arise.
The three that are included in this article are crucial. The next time
Another thing to consider is the things that you talk about. Do you that you run into a roadblock, stop for a moment and consider
know that the things you talk about are the things that you have?
YOUR ways.
Whether it is good or bad, you spoke these things into existence.
Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those that love it will eat its fruit”. For instance, instead of
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