Dear Readers,

Did you know that OUR ENVIRONMENTS INFLUENCE AND IMPACT US?

Most people do not understand this!

A recent writing prompt in the WordPress blog writers’ community initiated me writing a response to the question:

What’s something most people don’t understand?

My answer…

OUR ENVIRONMENTS INFLUENCE US.

Most of us do not know and, indeed, are oblivious to the fact that OUR ENVIRONMENTS INFLUENCE US.

I was reading from Chapter 7 (Seeds Of Fear) in the book “Outwitting The Devil” by Napoleon Hill, during a 1357 Club daily group book reading session this week.

We read our books together, yes. It’s a buzz. It stops the scroll. LoL.

I was interested to see in writing the description of how every environment has its own vibe / rhythm and how we need to be aware of that and INTENTIONALLY choose what works in our favour, or we can find ourselves struggling with all sorts of consequences.

We have to be mindful NOT to get sucked into any negative ‘hypnotic rhythm’ of a place – which can even be a building, a street, a community, a region etc – as the way of being that is pervasive there can become habit for us… and then the habit can stick us permanently into the rhythm… and we then drift… to our detriment.

I am very conscious of this and have been super conscious of this for years and years and years.

As a child, I could detect what places felt like and I always chose the place that felt that it had light in it. I could discern when something was ‘off’ about a place and I gravitated towards the more optimistic environments.

When I had no choice, I bore the weight of the experience and had to wade through. Every experience a lesson, yes, if that approach is your thing.

Once locked into a negative environment or way of thinking, it can be very hard to pull ourselves out of the influences prevalent there. Negativity is way heavier than lightness of being … seems obvious, right?

We need to be mindful that we can have become hypnotised by, and deeply entrenched within, patterns of thought and influences and seemingly natural ways or methods of being that do not serve us at all well.

The solution for this is…

We MUST think for ourselves!!!!

We must guard our minds.

We must guard our hearts.

You might not want to go reading for insight into a book as hugely confronting as “Outwitting The Devil”…. it took me a LONG time to commit to reading this book page by page, as I was freaked out by the title … which is why I chose to intentionally read it with others to keep me accountable.

You can choose any other book or even your own book and read it for insight…

The main thing is that we become intentional and we take command of our minds and our choices and our consequences… which reading, of course, helps.

If you would like to join the thinkers, such as those who are members of the 1357 Club, here is the link to sign up, to join the leaders who are the readers and growing more and more enlightened among us, choosing NOT to be controlled:

One of my favourite books for utter wisdom is, of course, The Bible, and for daily reading discipline, I love PROVERBS. You can even bring that one with you! Whatever suits.

The important thing is: don’t drift.

Don’t get sucked into the mindless swamp of the masses who are focused on all things negative.

Do what you can to raise the vibe…

And always choose your environments with care.

Much love,

❤

Holly x

PS. Additional note that I did not mention earlier, is that Napoleon Hill was NOT going to release this book. His wife was terribly worried about the potential public reaction.

It is a book I highly recommend.

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