When I travel, my mind starts wandering—and those thoughts often help us see our minds in motion. Creating new ideas leaves room for fresh thinking, almost like a mental refresh. In a way, thoughts are like valuable property. When you meet someone with good thoughts, it means they have something real to contribute to the world.
I remember once, while traveling in Dar es Salaam, I met people with great vision. I said, “Let’s do something,” and they agreed. We started working on software for receiving payments. The idea was strong—and it worked. That’s how you see thoughts turn into value, moving the world forward.
No matter the challenges, struggle has a power to push things toward where they should go. When a thought or vision comes, it’s important to act on it in that moment—so we can make space for the next idea. Mathematically, you could say good thoughts are proportional to the time you generate them. It’s like dropping a piece of paper into oil: it changes in that instant, permanently.
So when we have thoughts, let’s use them fast. A new thought has its own energy and impact—just like that paper, transformed the moment it touches the oil.
The laws that conduct nature are identical to the laws that govern thought. Every thought is like a seed that manifests in our reality. Every single one.
If you had a garden, would you not be careful about the seeds you plant in the soil? Would you not choose beforehand which trees and plants you want to grow in your garden? You would not choose to plant stinging nettles and poison ivy… would you?
Well, we are subconsciously and consciously planting stinging and poisonous thoughts every day in our minds. Instead of planning our ‘garden' by visualizing and imagining our desires, wishes and dreams, we let false suggestions from the ‘outside world' decide what we are going to occupy our mind with.
You are always giving your attention to something. Pay attention to what. What you focus your mind on, grows.
We let others tell us what to worry about, be afraid of, feel lack from, cry over and stress about. And we allow the wrong seeds to take root and grow, watering them with more fear and worry. Remember that what you focus your mind on, grows. So think about what kind of reality you are habitually cultivating in your ‘garden'.