What's in Your Thought Closet?

I'm reading a book right now called "Self Talk, Soul Talk" by Jennifer Rothchild. I was impressed and convicted by this statement:

After my recent move, I vowed that I would never again buy clothes I wasn't totally in love with just because they were on sale. The reason? My closet was full of clothes I seldom wore but was hesitant to to part with. Once something hung in my closet, I felt strangely attached to it and responsible for it. After all, I bought it. Even though I wouldn't dare wear those fuchsia and orange floral pants, they were mine. Once in my closet, forever in my life.

She goes on to say that our thought closets are much the same. They are crammed with everything we've placed there over the years; some of it is worthy and wonderful, but lots of it is ugly, outdated, out of line and out of place.

Wise shoppers stock their closets with good wardrobe choices, and we must do the same with things we say to our souls because each thought gets shoved in the closet till we recall it. We must speak truth to our souls because we seldom forget what we have stored away. I am a reflection of the way I think....Proverbs 23:7 says.."For as a man thinks within himself, so he is."

Some of the most powerful words we utter are words no one else ever hears. They are words we speak only to ourselves. Wise, truthful words are never harsh or unkind. They are gracious. Wise and truthful words are never without power. They have authority. Even the hard truths we speak to ourselves should not be condemning. They should build us up.

I don't know about you but I think I need to go clean out my thought closet....there is way to much in there that no longer fits, and certainly needs to be discarded. How bout you?