The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

"But say I do this and I still feel like going back to sleep rather
than going running?"
"Initially, for the first few days, it will be a little difficult and you
will feel like going back to your old habits. But Yogi Raman believed
very strongly in one timeless principle in particular: positive always
overcomes negative. So if you continue to wage war against the
weaker thoughts that might have silently crept into the palace of
your mind over the years, eventually they will see that they are
unwanted and leave like visitors who know they are not welcome."
"You mean to tell me that thoughts are physical things?"
"Yes, and they are fully in your control. It is just as easy to
think positive thoughts as it is to think negative ones."
"Then why do so many people worry and focus on all the
negative information in our world?"
"Because they have not learned the art of self-control and
disciplined thinking. Most people I have spoken to have no idea
that they have the power to control every single thought they
think every second of every minute of every day. They believe that
thoughts just happen and have never realized that if you don't take
the time to start controlling your thoughts, they will control you.
When you start to focus on good thoughts only, and refuse to think
the bad ones through sheer will-power, I promise you they will
shrivel up very quickly."
"So, if I want to have the inner strength to get up earlier, eat
less, read more, worry less, be more patient or be more loving, all
I have to do is exert my will to cleanse my thoughts?"
"When you control your thoughts, you control your mind.
When you control your mind, you control your life. And once you
reach the stage of being in total control of your life, you become
the master of your destiny."