Your Mind Is a Garden and Every Thought Is a Seed.
When You Choose Positive Thoughts, You Are Choosing to Plant Peace, Healing and Life Within Your Self.
In Native American Teachings, Thoughts Are Carriers of Spirit. What You Think, You Invite. What You Repeat, You Become.
Positive Thoughts Are Not Denial of Pain, but the Willingness to See the Good Even in the Struggle. Each Positive Thought Realigns You With the Creator’s Intention for You-to Live, to Grow, to Love, and to Heal. Thoughts Are Prayers That Echo Through the Body, Spirit and Community.
The Ancestors Taught That a Calm Mind Brings Clear Vision. Negative Thoughts Cloud the Mind and Invite Dis-ease. Positive Thoughts Bring Clarity and Call in Good Energy. You Must Guard Your Thoughts Like Sacred Fire-Tending Them Daily, Gently and With Purpose.
Affirmation:
“I Choose to Think Thoughts That Bring Me Closer to Peace, to Purpose and to My Highest Self.”
Cultural Tip:
In Many Native Traditions, Positive Thought Is Seen as a Spiritual Offering. Before Ceremony, People Are Asked to Prepare With Clean Thoughts, Because These Thoughts Affect the Outcome of the Prayer. Your Inner World Shapes the World Around You.
Water Activity:
Hold a Glass of Water in Your Hands. Think One Loving, Life-Giving Thought Over It. Speak It Aloud, Then Drink. Let That Thought Become a Part of You. Water Holds Memory. Let Your Thought Be a Gift It Carries Into Your Cells.
Prayer:
“Creator, Help Me Catch the Thoughts That Steal My Light. Let Me Replace Them With Truth, With Hope, With Reminders of Who I Am and Who I Can Be.”
Daily Activity:
Each Morning, Write Down Three Positive Thoughts About Your Self, Your Life, or the World Around You. Return to Them Whenever Negativity Tries to Enter.
Indigenous Language Word:
In Ojibwe, Mino-bimaadiziwin Means "The Good Life" Living in a Way That Is Balanced, Positive, and Honouring of All Life. Positive Thinking Is a Part of This Way.
Journal Prompt:
“What Are the Most Common Thoughts I Think Each Day? Are They Life-Giving or Life-Draining? How Can I Replant My Mind?”
Reflection for Slowing Down:
Slow Your Breath. Slow Your Reactions. Slow Your Words. In the Quiet, Listen to the Tone of Your Thoughts. Choose Again. Choose Peace. Choose Positivity, as a Ceremony to Your Self.