Recognize Your Ruts, Create Your Own Trench
If we keep driving over grass through the same route again and again, we create a rut. The same goes for our negative thinking patterns. The more we think, the more we reinforce them.
The opposite is to create our own trench of truth. We should write a declaration of the truth and keep reading and reciting it again and again until we internalize the truth.
This is creating a new neural pathway and developing a healthy habit over a bad one. ⭐
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Inspired by the book "Winning the War In Your Mind" by Craig Groeschel
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