TBrowningLife

Hey! !t’s Tracey from TBrowningLife. Got a question for you. What do Marcus Aurelius, who was a Stoic philosopher and a Roman emperor so, you know, no slouch, and Bill Murray (Groundhogs Day, Ghostbusters, Saturday Night Live, Hollywood funnyman) - what do these 2 guys have in common? Well, hang out with me and you’ll find out. I want to share one of my favorite quotes from Marcus Aurelius with you. It goes like this, “You have the power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this and you’ll find strength.”  Now think about how great that is. This is a Roman emperor who had a LOT of control and he realized he could only control his mind, not outside events. That is GREAT news for you. If you’re feeling out of control or depressed or at the mercy of your circumstances, realize this. You don’t have control. None of us really have control over outside events. We control what’s here, what’s inside our minds. THAT’S  our strength.  So if you’r...

You Can Do This! One Thought To Change Your Life Hey! I’m Tracey and I wanted to share an idea with you that may help you get through some of these interesting days that we have ahead of us. Do you know that researchers tell us we think like 70,000 thoughts a day? That's about 48 thoughts a minute. Don’t get hung up on the numbers- the important thing here is, oh my gosh, we think SO much! There’s a massive amount of information just flowing through our heads all the time.  And of course I want to add to that here.  Everything we think- all these thoughts- they're not all true, right? They're not all facts. Elephants are animals. That’s a fact. Elephants are really cool. Well, that's not a fact. That’s my opinion and I think it’s right but it’s not a fact. It’s not true.  So when you hear something like, somebody says don’t believe everything you hear on the internet- well, also don’t believe everything you think in your head. You get to cho...