Dissection

Some thoughts are beneficial

While others of no use

Some thoughts illuminate the path

While others bear no truth

When obstacles appear in life

Large boulders you can’t move

Don’t bang your head upon the rocks

Instead go get a clue

Secure the tools to break them down

Or ways to get around

Use the fulcrum of intellect

To wedge them from the ground

Don’t deny their existence

Positive thoughts--if false

Can never move reality

Nor bring woes to a halt

It’s good to think on problems

Which we work to resolve

It’s daft to feed our misery

If answers don’t evolve

Do thoughts produce depression?

Or do they bring results?

A useful plan of action?

Or conclude there’s no hope?

Determine thoughts that help you

And those which break you down

Cultivate optimism

But with both feet on the ground

Never dwell on the negative

Never deny your error

Never entertain evil

Never yield to despair