{"id":1,"date":"2025-09-01T07:41:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-09-01T08:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:39:50","slug":"thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s All About Your Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1\" class=\"elementor elementor-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a96bac3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a96bac3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ddb5c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ddb5c1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11ab03d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11ab03d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pexels-pixabay-247938-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-51\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pexels-pixabay-247938-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pexels-pixabay-247938-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pexels-pixabay-247938-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pexels-pixabay-247938-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pexels-pixabay-247938-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pexels-pixabay-247938-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d518e60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d518e60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thoughts, What Are They?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5772d42 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5772d42\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a1aa48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a1aa48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For the longest time in my life, I used to believe that your thoughts are you. They emanate from your soul, and they are a reflection of your own character.\u00a0<br \/>What I didn&#8217;t know? was how destructive this can be. Attaching your identity with your thoughts.\u00a0<br \/>But I know this now, and it&#8217;s really powerful &#8211; your thoughts are not you. They do not always reflect your desires, goals or who you truly are as a person. They don&#8217;t. But here&#8217;s the catch &#8211; just because you are not your thoughts doesn&#8217;t mean they aren&#8217;t powerful.\u00a0<br \/><strong>If you don&#8217;t watch your thoughts, your thoughts start dictating your life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now think about it, would you like something, that&#8217;s not even you, to have such a big control over your life?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95cde4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"95cde4f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c03e2ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c03e2ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why You Must Tame Them<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbfe575 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fbfe575\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-021cb16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"021cb16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now that we have established that you and your thoughts are two different beings &#8211; it must feel easy, straightforward even, how easily you can mold your thoughts.\u00a0<br \/>If you, as a person, are unhappy &#8211; doesn&#8217;t mean your thoughts need to be unhappy as well. Separate yourself from them. Treat your thoughts as an entirely different entity, one that you form in whichever way you want.<\/p>\n<p>This is non-negotiable, because you need to learn to tame your thoughts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>One who cannot tame their thoughts, cannot tame their life.<\/em><\/strong> There is simply no other way around.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e00430 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e00430\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a99094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a99094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">But Why Am I Saying All This?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5498f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c5498f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b0e30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99b0e30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Because for the beginning of my life, the first 22 years of my life were spent at the mercy of my thoughts. I used to think &#8211; if this happens, then I will feel &#8216;happy&#8217; or have &#8216;happy thoughts&#8217;. If I get this, then I will feel &#8216;fine&#8217;..<br \/><br \/><strong>But guess what, it never happened.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because I was waiting for my life to change first &#8211; before changing my thoughts about life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learnt it the hard way, it doesn&#8217;t work like that!<\/p>\n<p>So, The Serene Saint is here to tell you all that she has learned about life till now &#8211; not much experience &#8211; just 23 years on this earth &#8211; yet, if you can carry with yourself even one thing that helps you to make your life better, I&#8217;d have done my part.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts, What Are They? For the longest time in my life, I used to believe that your thoughts are you. They emanate from your soul, and they are a reflection of your own character.\u00a0What I didn&#8217;t know? was how destructive this can be. Attaching your identity with your thoughts.\u00a0But I know this now, and it&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theserenesaint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}