Keep Your Eyes On The Breaker Box
Ever seen someone throw the breaker at the Rockefeller Center or for the National Christmas Tree Lighting? It’s an amazing sight to see something like a major building or tree sparkle in a shower of light! It’s beautiful, it’s a lot of power, and it costs a lot of money to run that power into the light bulbs.
My mind can be like a breaker box for my life.
When I was a child, it was a scary thing to throw a breaker with that much electricity. As I grew older, it became easier to throw the breaker. I knew it wasn’t going to hurt me. I knew that to obtain the desired results, I had to throw the breaker and then keep an eye on how long the electricity was running. If my dad came home and discovered that no one was watching how long the breaker had been left on, we ran the risk of losing a lot of revenue.
My father had a lot of freezers and cooling units that ate up electricity. I learned an important lesson here: My mind can be like a breaker box for my life.
What I decide to “throw on” or “throw off” has a cost associated with it. One of the most costly of all mind virus groups is the family of fear. If I leave a current of fear running through my mind long enough, it will drain the energy out of my imagination, drive, and organization. It’s the kind of mind virus that leaves one with a bill of regret that has to be paid down the road. In contrast, a wise decision generates revenues from blessings.
Here is another truth about throwing the breaker switch in our thought life: Each of us controls the direction of our destiny through the thoughts we cultivate into attitudes and actions. When you walk into a dark room, the first thing you usually do is find the light switch and turn it on. Doing this keeps you from stumbling around in the dark, which keeps you from seriously injuring yourself.
Similar to this, there are times when darkness can overcome our minds, and in those circumstances, we must locate the light switch in our brains. Left unattended in the darkness, our mind viruses cause us to stub our toes and stumble onto the cold floor—it ruins our attitude and cripples our walk to do what’s right.
Lisette Norman (commonly known as “Peace Pilgrim”) walked more than 25,000 miles in the U.S. to promote peace and the value of thinking positively about the future. She once said, “If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.” 1
Each of us controls the direction of our destiny through the thoughts we cultivate into attitudes and actions.
Her simple, profound message has inspired people all over the world. It’s a good lesson for us—thinking positively illuminates our minds to see God’s blessings and to believe in His promises.
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Peace Pilgrim, Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words. (Ocean Tree Books, 1992).