Destroy those automatic negative thoughts (ANTS) for good brain health, suggests Daniel Amen, a prominent psychiatrist who specializes in ADHD. ANTS have the power to keep good from happening. They can enslave you.
How many times have you had the urge to do something good, offer an idea toward improvement only to cringe back by the force of an ANT?
- I should not bother trying, I won’t succeed.
- That has never been done before, what makes me think I can be the one to do it now.
- I don’t have what it takes to make a change.
- Nobody will listen to me.
- There is too much to do; what I do cannot make a difference.
- Its going to be too hard to do it.
- What I do does not matter.
- I do not matter.
Ants, the small six-legged creatures that form large superorganisms, show us how big feats can be realized. These amazing creatures communicate constantly through ferimones. They can problem solve with an immediate capacity to adjust a plan. They fulfill their respective roles and are able to achieve amazing accomplishments by their collaborative efforts. Their tightly integrated colonies are rare in the scope of evolution according to Edward O. Wilson, Harvard biologist.
What if rather than give way to ANTS, we communicated our ideas to others and followed the way of ants? What might happen? What ANTS might dissolve so that our idea might find a next step to being realized?
For further study, read essays or view videos on Edward Wilson’s site.
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