From the Mind, to the Heart, to the Hands

As I have been looking back over this semester and how things have changed for me, I began to wonder how and why they have changed. Before, I always thought that if I wanted to change something or stop doing something, I would simply focus on the behavior and trying to stop it. After thinking about this, I realized that focusing on the behavior really isn't going to change something. When we begin to start in something, the act begins in the mind. We think about the act and why we want to do it, and then we decide to act. After a while, this behavior becomes a part of our life and really can reflect the state of our heart. The things that we desire at times are the things that are closest to our hearts. So rather than focusing on the behavior and what I am actually doing, why not focus on my state of mind and the state of my heart? What does my behavior say about my heart? This process showed me so many different things that need changed again, and it also showed me where my heart truly is. It is so easy to full ourselves into thinking that our hearts are pure, but are they really? We may act in a way to cover up the true state of our hearts, but the hidden behaviors and the things that we do that we want no one to see will someday surface. Today I am choosing to look at these areas rather than living in the dark.