Category: Thought for Today

📅 Thought for today: ‘The bottom line is thoughts aren’t facts – a few are, but even they are usually subject to interpretation and perception, but most are not and are made up by our minds thinking in the past or fearing the future.’ — David Wine #thoughtfortoday #thoughtsarenotfacts #thoughts #fakenews #fiction #psychotherapy Have you…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.’   — Yogi Berra   #thoughtfortoday #theory #practice #difference #YogiBerra #yogibear   I am often asked which quote is my favourite.   I have used nearly 600 quotes on these daily musings (595 to be precise)…

📅 Thought for today: ‘In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.’ — Ursula K. Le Guin #thoughtfortoday #reality #fantasy #earthsea #terror #fears #void Ursula Le Guin is described on Wikipedia as a writer of “speculative…

📅 Thought for today: ‘If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.’ — Daniel Goleman #thoughtfortoday #emotions…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them.’ — Byron Katie #thoughtfortoday #blame #judgement #responsibility #beliefs #change This is a recurring theme in my therapy room, something I hear a…

📅 Thought for today: ‘It’s sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It’s about the mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.’ — Adam Savage #thoughtfortoday #curious #curiosity #attitude #mindset #playful #creative This is a good description of my own journey over many months and…

📅 Thought for today: ‘The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.’ — Eden Phillpotts #thoughtfortoday #universe #magic #patient #look #see #support When I first started posting daily thoughts with quotations in April last year, I bought some books on eBay full of quotes. I have twenty of…

📅 Thought for today: ‘If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.’ — Benjamin Franklin #thoughtfortoday #legacy #writer #life #reading #remember #author #selfdoubt #reward Like every other write (I suspect) I have had moments in writing when I doubted myself and…

📅 Thought for today: ‘If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.’ — Vincent Van Gogh #thoughtfortoday #painter #artist #painting #paint #VanGogh #Vincent #creativity Yesterday we went to the Immersive Van Gogh exhibition. It was interesting, the immersive piece was OK,…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘Stop it, and give yourself a chance.’   — Aaron Beck   #thoughtfortoday #cbt #cognitivebehaviouraltherapy #aaronbeck #psychotherapy #counselling #albertellis #rebt   Following the death of Aaron Beck on Monday, there has been much coverage of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).   One national paper pronounced CBT “the miracle cure for depression…