He who can change his thoughts can change his destiny. — Stephen Crane

I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer. — Byron Katie

Truths About Mind: Thinking is a tool—powerful, ever‑present, and trainable. Metacognition (thinking about your thinking) lets you notice how thoughts shape emotion and behavior. When left undisciplined, thought‑habits drift from reality and amplify stress, anxiety, anger, jealousy, and shame. Your task is not to “stop” thinking, but to use it skillfully.

Models, not reality: Thoughts are maps—sometimes accurate, sometimes distorted. Memories are not the past, worries are not the future; both are mental constructions. Identity can tangle with thought content, so challenging a belief can feel like a threat. The mind also contains opposing voices; internal conflict is part of being human.

Train toward reality: Monitor your thinking and its effects. Keep it close to evidence and lived experience; let it serve meaning, problem‑solving, and action aligned with your values. Over time, disciplined thinking supports steadier feeling and wiser behavior.

1. Metacognition is a skill; practice improves it.
2. Thinking is a tool—carry it; don’t live inside it.
3. Past/future rumination creates suffering.
4. Thoughts are models; don’t mistake them for reality.
5. Counterproductive stories fuel difficult emotions.
6. Thoughts are not self; they are events in mind.
7. Internal contradictions are normal (“I contain multitudes”).
8. Monitor thoughts because they drive feeling and action.
9. Use thinking to live well in harmony with reality.
10. Train thought toward truth—your relationship with what is.