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"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. " - Henry David Thoreau

I thought this was a good quote for personal change. What do you think?

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I choose a path not often taken. I push forward, making my own path in the world.

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You cannot leave footprints in the sands of time if you are sitting on your butt.
And who wants to leave butt prints in the sands of time?

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Even a one footed man makes a path in the sand, hopping as he goes.

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this is an awesome quote for anyone pursuing change or on a spiritual journey of any sort, i really like this one. keeps me motivated! the power of your mind!

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I love this. Thanks for sharing! I totally believe in this, my life is about tiny daily decisions which equal up to a whole, my whole.

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I like that in looking for some sort of answer to my own inner stirrings of dissatisfaction, I saw your post. The quote, to me, says "you have the answer within you and the mental power to cause positive change". I like that it reminds me or any reader that change is something we have to take responsibility for. Which in turn is empowering.

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My hearts rules my mind

So for me personally this will never work

Feel free to keep the change

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I think it's lovely and very good advice for motivating personal change in oneself.

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I'm not so sure. I think sometimes with the popularity of books like The Secret there can be this emphasis on thinking one needs to have certain kinds of thoughts to have the life one wants. Yet, I think we can make choices in life which are tied to what we value, what's important to us, regardless of what thoughts we are having. Sometimes thoughts say they're more important then they are.

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Practice makes perfect.

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Sounds like repetition will get you there eventually :p

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I think this is true. One must work equally as hard (if not harder) to fashion the way they think as they must to fashion the world.

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Similarly it is very hard to go off a beaten track in the mind when that track is something like comfort eating... Or thinking that all those comforting fairy tales or nasty threats of godly judgement are true...

It's especially hard to change tracks when people keep telling you not to risk the landmines.

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Great!

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I like honest thoughts. Beyond that what "kind" they are is irrelevant.

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Good thoughts by habit brings good to you like a magnet. A well trodden path of positive thinking. Be the change you want to see.

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