Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. – Benjamin Disraeli
When I was a kid, there was a commercial for the United Negro College Fund which ended with “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” I didn’t think 
much about it back then, because as I said, I was just a kid. When I read this quote, that tag line started reverberating through my head because it is so true. Just like we have to put good gas in our cars, and good food in our body to fuel it, we have to put good thoughts into our minds so that they can grow. Good thoughts can be a variety of things. The most obvious one would be knowledge. We need to put knowledge into our minds. But more than that, we have to fill our minds with positive thoughts. If you look around at the world, it’s a pretty negative place. The news is always filled with such depressing stuff, that it can really start to weigh on you. That is why it is so important to try and create a positive mind. Fill your heart and mind with joy. Rise up higher than the negativity that surrounds you.
