{"id":57,"date":"2013-01-08T10:56:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T15:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/?p=57"},"modified":"2013-01-08T10:56:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T15:56:32","slug":"thoughts-are-powerful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/?p=57","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts are Powerful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts are powerful. It is the creation of our mind\u2019s work. We tend to dwell on the negative and don\u2019t realize how the mind fabricates a story around it, creating more anxiety, fear, anger, and depression. Therefore, we create our own suffering. By becoming aware of our thoughts and emotions, we can acknowledge them without judgment and simply let go without putting so much meaning into them.<\/p>\n<p>A great way to let go of thoughts is to focus on the present moment by bringing your full attention to what it is you are doing at the moment. You will be happier by staying present.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a recent TEDTalk on Happiness that&#8217;s well worth 15-20 minutes of your time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/matt_killingsworth_want_to_be_happier_stay_in_the_moment.html\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen>&#8221; title=&#8221;Matt Killingsworth: Want to be happier? Stay in the moment&#8221;><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts are powerful. It is the creation of our mind\u2019s work. We tend to dwell on the negative and don\u2019t realize how the mind fabricates a story around it, creating more anxiety, fear, anger, and depression. Therefore, we create our &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/?p=57\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kimcomerford.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}