Open Thoughts For A Closed Mind

By Andre Allen

Andre Allen presents a very concise powerful framework that will give you much-needed insight to become self-aware. Giving each reader the unique opportunity to conceive several dreams that would change the way they live their lives and empower themselves to set goals and fulfill them. Open Thoughts for a Closed Mind has been created to help today’s youth and adults to address the ongoing issues that they face on a day-to-day basis and share the possibilities that are to consider in one’s life, along with the ability to create a different point of view of themselves.

This book is filled with fruitful quotes and practical principles that will uplift you spiritually and mentally, causing you to become aware of your responsibilities and realizing that there is a higher purpose for life, your success, and your health. The insightful words of wisdom that Andre provides are eloquent and beautifully redemptive. If you place a higher value on life, you will discover the great value of your own life as well as that of others. This sense of significance is a powerful impetus for overcoming life’s difficult challenges. A lot of times, our lack of appreciation can be hard in our complaints of “If only I had this” or “If only I could do that.” These and similar statements reveal the selfish nature that lacks appreciation for life divine gift of life to us.

Open Thoughts for a Closed Mind has been designed to increase the chances to reach out to today’s youth and share the possibilities that are to consider in one’s life along with the ability to create a different point of view of themselves and how to live their lives in general. To also know that the insight and words of wisdom that it shares with each of them is to understand that there is more to gain from these moments.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Dec 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781662459672

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Open Thoughts For A Closed Mind

Andre Allen

Copyright © 2021 Andre Allen

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2021

ISBN 978-1-6624-5966-5 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-6624-5967-2 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Self-Awareness

The Most Dangerous Friend—A Gossiper

The Most Beautiful Attire: A Look of Confidence

The Most Crippling Disease—Excuses

The Keys to Wisdom

Obstacles to Watch For

Focus of the Mind

Getting to the Core

The Math to Staying Focused

The Key of Waiting

Note to Self

What Is Success?

The Value of Character through Education

Value Your Experience

The Value of Observation

Self-Reminders

Understanding Faith

Keeping Your Poise

Infinite Wisdom

In memory of Peter Nelson Jr.

To God. Without him, none of this would be possible.

To those that have walked with me through this experience that inspired me to fulfill my dreams in writing this book.

To my mother, father, brother, and sisters; to my daughter, Kali; and also to three beautiful people—Shay, Darrin, and Keysha.

To many kids and young adults that crossed my path that needed to be heard and understood.

Last of all, to the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, where I’ve learned to become self-aware and gain the much-needed experiences of failure. The experience I shared and learned from the Cleveland streets also enhanced my reason to write this book.

You become what you talk about.

In order for a dream to happen, there has to be an agreement.

A dream has to engulf you.

If you want to put anything into your dream, then your dream will want to put anything into you.

People see you the way you see yourself.

How you see yourself is how you see the world around you.

Wake up to the dream.

Marry the dream with execution.

Research the dream.

Explore who you are by dating yourself; you can only be fruitful if you are seedful.

—Inspired by Bishop T. D. Jakes

Acknowledgment

To God first and foremost, and to all those who have crossed my path that continue to inspire me by helping me fulfill many of my dreams. Also, to my daughter, Kali, for giving me the many reasons to create this book and the concepts within.

Self-Awareness

Nobody can hinder you from doing what you want if that’s what you set your mind to do.

It’s about mind over matter. Be aware, examine what you know and how you know it, and know who you are and where you’re going.

The world’s most incredible computer is the brain.

In order to live life, you have to be able to THINK—thoughts have ideas and knowledge. Think.

The most powerful force in life is love.

Love yourself at all times.

Love is patient. Love will inspire you to become a patient person. When you choose to be patient, you respond in a positive way to a negative situation.

We have so much potential we’ve never recognized it because we want to avoid the risk of failure. For many of us, life is life, walking through a very dark house with no lights for illumination. You may not know when you’re going to trip over the next object, but reason tells you it may very soon happen. The same is true with failure.

The most destructive habit is worry.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

Sometimes we just have to reconsider and reevaluate; seek understanding; and find clarity for the vision and perspective on yourself,