As a Man Thinketh

重要なポイント

• 人格は日々の思考の積み重ね。だから意識して選ぶ
• 境遇は人を形づくるだけでなく、その正体を現す
• 手入れを怠った心には雑草が生える。庭のように毎日手入れする
• 慢性的な不安や恨みは、気分だけでなく体も蝕む
• ひとつの明確な目標が、散漫な思考を本当の成果へと束ねる

このbitの内容

1. 人は考えた通りのものになる

   Picture a man who complains that life has been unfair to him. His job is dull, his friends let him down, his luck is poor.

2. 心はひとつの庭

   Allen's central image is a garden. If you plant nothing, weeds arrive on their own.

3. 境遇は人格から生まれる

   Here is the part people argue with. Allen says your circumstances do not shape you as much as reveal you.

4. 思考は体に現れる

   Allen goes further and links thinking to health. Fear, envy and chronic worry, he says, wear the body down, while calm, cheerful and purposeful thought supports it.

5. 目標が思考に芯を通す

   A drifting mind is easy prey for worry, so Allen insists on a central purpose. Pick one aim, large or small, and make it the point your thoughts return to.

6. 実践に移す

   Start by listening to your own inner talk for one day and writing down the sentences that repeat. You will be surprised how few there are and how often they run.