Comment from Jackarrie

Exceptional

This is a very informative and positive piece of writing. I totally agree with all of it. You are speaking to the converted, because I have followed the majority of what you have said. It is like going on a diet, it is important to stick to it if you want results.
Well done, I hope it does reach others to see the importance of taking control of your own life.

Well done. Mary

 Comment Written 12-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 16-Feb-2014

Thanks so much, Mary, for the stars and for the fantastic and encouraging review. I appreciate it and your time~ It was such a joy hearing you're a convert to positive thinking. Thanks so much for sharing that with me!! Be blessed. Dossie

Comment from Carolyn 'Deaton' Stephens

Excellent

I enjoyed your essay on positive (healthy) thoughts as opposed to negative (toxic) thoughts. Solomon writes in Proverbs , as a man thinks so is he. I appreciate all you have written and agree that it is 'best' to think the 'best' of thoughts. . :-) Carolyn

 Comment Written 12-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 16-Feb-2014

Thanks so much, Carolyn, for a fantastic and encouraging review. I appreciate it and your time~ It warmed my heart to know you enjoyed my essay. Be blessed. Dossie!

Comment from Chrisfiore

Excellent

Greetings Titanx9,

I don't think there is better consul on the planet than what is found in the Bible. Men keep trying to discredit it, but the Bible always proves to be true.

Positive thinking is nothing new, even King David realized that in the Psalms calling jealousy, "a rottenness to the bones" and declaring, "let all manner of thinking be chaste". How much better mankind would be if we turned to the wisdom of the One who inspired His spoken Word to be written and handed down to us. ;) Chrisfiore

 Comment Written 12-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 16-Feb-2014

Thanks so much, Chrisfiore, for a fantastic and encouraging review, especially for the biblical citation. I appreciate it and your time~ Be blessed. Dossie

Comment from sunnilicious

Excellent

This is a excellent article. You are knowledgeable and well informed with good references. It is clearly written. I liked the subheadings. Enjoyable to read with good information to utilize in my own life. Fantastic work.

 Comment Written 12-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 16-Feb-2014

Thanks so much, Alicia, for a fantastic and encouraging review. I appreciate it and your time~ Be blessed. Dossie

Comment from amahra

Excellent

I love that photo; it's of a very confident person. I also loved your first paragraph with a simile of the mind to built up wax. My mother admitted one day of leaving me in a closet when she had to run errands. She said that in an answer to why I was afraid of the dark. But I'm still afraid. I guess I always will. Thanks for posting and trying to help us.

 Comment Written 12-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 16-Feb-2014

Thanks so much, amahra, for a fantastic and encouraging review. I appreciate it and your time~ Be blessed. Dossie

Comment from Petriesan

Excellent

toxic thoughts produce toxic emotions, which produce toxic attitudes, resulting in toxic behavior.

hmmmmmmmmm, they can also create great fiction/ I am not sure Dostoevsky or Poe were completely normal. This raises a question for me: If I had to choose, would I trade sanity or years of my life to have written THE MUrders oin the Rue MOrgue or Crime and PUnishment

 Comment Written 12-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 16-Feb-2014

Thanks so much, Petriesan, for a fantastic review. Your reviews are always unpredictable, nevertheless; I look forward to receiving them - LOL. I appreciate it and your time, my friend~ Be blessed. Dossie

Comment from bob cullen

Exceptional

This is one of the better reads I've EVER read on fanstory. More importantly it is TRUTH. One of the more renowned positive speaking motivators once said, and I hope I have the quote accurate. 'Think and it will happen, believe and it becomes.'

I hope everyone of fanstory reads this, as most writers have down days of self doubt and insecurity.

I congratulate on such a superb essay. Sorry I can't give you more points.

 Comment Written 12-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 16-Feb-2014

Thanks so much, Bob, for a fantastic review. Thanks many times over for the six-star rating!! I appreciate it and your time, my friend~ Be blessed. Dossie

Comment from dmt1967

Excellent

I like the way you think my friend although its not as easy as that I have suffered with mental health all my life but on one aspect you are right it needs to be fought and although sometimes I loose the main thing is sometimes I win thank you for sharing

 Comment Written 12-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 16-Feb-2014

Thanks, dmt1967, for a stellar review. May God bless you, my friend, and show His mercy and strengthen you as you move forward. Dossie

Comment from krys123

Excellent

Wow! I would like to thank you for such informative, educative and illuminating type of subject in your composition. I have learned much from what you have written here today. Just when we think we know it all.... I know my meditative style of living as help but I shall try even harder when I am sick to think I'm well. Thank you so much for sharing and posting your piece for everyone. A you and yours be blessed always...
Alex

 Comment Written 12-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 16-Feb-2014

Thanks, Alex, for such an enlightening and encouraging review. It made my day. Thanks many times over! Be blessed. Dossie

reply by krys123 on 16-Feb-2014

You are sincerely welcome Dossie...
Alex

Comment from Phyllis Stewart

Excellent

She believes a person can literally think themselves into any state in which they desire as all behavior begins with a thought. << Well, not ALL behavior does. Much is automatic and instinctive, but deliberate behavior certainly does.

?toxic thoughts produce toxic emotions, which produce toxic attitudes, resulting in toxic behavior.? << Makes perfect sense.

I've tried meditating many times. My mind always gets bored and wanders. Must be ADD.

I will have to try this... maybe even get the books. Thanks for sharing it.

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 Comment Written 12-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 16-Feb-2014

Thanks, Phyllis. I enjoyed this book, though it is not the type of book I usually purchase or read. Try this exercise if your mind wanders. Take a pencil and place it before you. Look at the eraser and think about nothing else for the next fifteen minutes. Do not entertain any other thoughts but the eraser. Do this exercise as often as time permits, and pretty soon you will find you will b able to control your thoughts. If you decide to do it, let me know whether it worked for you. Dossie