"Remember men need to be in control of their emotions at all times. You should never allow yourself to feel something that you don't want to feel."
When I wrote this I didn't mean not to love, I meant not to entertain any negative thoughts beyond their usefulness.
The way I consider my mind is a little weird.
I read somewhere that the mind is wired to constantly consider negative thoughts. Why? Because in primitive times we always had to be considering what was going to attack us next so we would be ready. When you see an animal eating they are always looking around for trouble. This is what affects us today. We are still recovering from this primitive instinct. And it's not entirely a bad thing to have, we just have to know that this is, what is actually going on in our minds.
Were all a bit of that freaked out pigeon drinking puddle water on the floor constantly checking his 6.
I don't think that every random thought that comes into my mind is really my personal thoughts. My random thoughts do not reflect my personality and as such need to be managed and directed. YOU must choose whether to entertain these thoughts or not. By allowing yourself to dwell on these negative thoughts you are reinforcing this way of thinking and making it stronger and harder to stop. Remember the brain is flesh and flesh gets better at doing the same things over and over again. Thats what life is all about. You have to choose what you think of and break this trend. This ability is what makes man great, and animals... well... animals.
And hey, all negative thoughts aren't bad either, they teach us lessons when things hurt we learn not to do that again, it gives us drive to succeed. It's good to feel bad sometimes, just don't let it dominate your thoughts. If I feel bad I celebrate it, i'll cry, i'll stay home and order pizza. But there will come a point when I say OK i'm done with this. Shower up, put my good clothes on and go find some new trim to spice up my life a bit. This is what dives me to work out, take salsa lessons, etc.
I know i'm straying into evolution a bit here, and if you are a person of faith you may have issues accepting this. I believe in god, and in theistic evolution also. You cannot deny the proof. I do not subscribe to any religion in particular but I do believe, and that very general faith is what I subscribe to.