Designer Jac Vanek's quote will force you to think.
She said, “You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in.
You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner.
You are a collective of every experience you have had in your life. You are every single day. So drown yourself in a sea of knowledge and existence.
Let the words run through your veins and let the colours fill your mind.”
It's our choices and experiences that shape us. The people we meet, the books we read, the friends we make...all can create positive or negative experiences for us.
A healthy body is dependent on the nourishment we provide it.
Similarly, it is our thoughts & what we expose our mind to that affects our mental health.
As Brain expert Dr. Daniel Amen shares, “The thoughts that go through your mind, moment by moment, have a significant impact on how your brain works."
Research by Mark George, MD and colleagues at the National Institutes of Health demonstrated that happy, hopeful thoughts had an overall calming effect on the brain, while negative thoughts inflamed brain areas often involved with depression and anxiety.
Do different things, think differently, read not what others are reading. Let life flow through you and teach you what "to live" really means.