Fire Burns Wood Every time

Every once in a while we get caught up in thoughts that do not serve our higher good and when we allow such thoughts we ask ourselves the same questions.
Why do I encourage these thoughts?
Why do I allow myself to be swept away by feelings that serve me no good purpose?
Why do I cause pain and unhappiness to myself?

Our vulnerability indices peak, leave us feeling less than our best selves.

For me, when unwelcome thoughts come, thoughts that I know will lower my vibrations and send me into a funk, I try to head them off. The times when I am unsuccessful because they were too strong or came too fast, I retreat within and I try to honestly determine the root cause of my pain. And the funny thing with thoughts that do not serve us is that they do not simply pass through, they come looking for fertile soil to land on, germinate and send down strong roots. They come to stay.

And so, during the process, we fall back into the familiar fear-hole.
We feel less grounded.
Our childhood traumas resurface.
We recall our past bad deeds and determine that karma is a bitch.
We wallow in self-pity and wrap ourselves in a cloak of self-disgust.

Which does nothing at all for making us feel better.
Our vibrations stay low.
Our energy refuses to build.
We feel sick in spirit.
And in this state, our thoughts grow into giant trees of bad thoughts.
And the longer we stay like this, the more we attract more of what we feel.
It appears like a never-ending cycle of bad thoughts and feelings attracting more bad thoughts and feelings.

I say to myself every time, and I say to you, “The key is to not fall into the hole in the first place but reach for the thoughts that make us feel good, as insignificant as they may be.”
And use them to fan the flames of better thoughts, eventually getting a bonfire of good thoughts blazing.
Bad thought tree, what tree?

Fire burns wood every time.