Think on Whatever Is True and Lovely

📝Reflection

The mind comes to resemble what it dwells on. Paul knows this and tells us to choose what to think about—to set the mind on what is true, just, and lovely. The Greek logizesthe means "to keep reckoning and pondering," so it speaks not of passing thoughts but of lingering ones. I often darkened myself by chewing on resentment and worry all day. We cannot always choose what we see, but we can choose what we gaze at long. In the garden of the mind, only what I water grows.