Asking ourselves why we engage in certain thoughts part 1

More and more, I come to realize how many options we have with regards to our inner lives. For most of my life, I’ve just treaded along and let whatever came up in my head come up, letting more or less arbitrary things decide which ones I would or wouldn’t believe in. I also didn’t really separate my thoughts. They were just thoughts, whether they were the result of deliberate thinking, or rumination fueled by negative emotions.