The world is your kaleidoscope, and the varying combinations of colours, which at every succeeding moment it presents to you are the exquisitely adjusted pictures of your ever-moving thoughts. So you will be, what you 'will' to be. Let failure find its false content, In that poor word 'environment,' But spirit scorns it and is free.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Your thoughts shape your reality, and your spirit is free regardless of external circumstances.
- In plain terms
- Your thoughts create your world, not your environment.
- What can you take from it?
- Your mindset determines your experience more than your surroundings.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What thoughts are shaping your reality?
- How free is your spirit?
Another view
External conditions can still limit physical actions.
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