Clean in Thought
| Category: | Clean |
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| Notes: | Keeping your mind clean means avoiding gossip, negativity, and unwholesome thoughts. |
You can shower every day, keep your gear spotless, and maintain a perfect campsite. But if your mind is full of gossip, negative thoughts about others, or unwholesome attitudes, you're not really clean where it matters most.
Clean thoughts mean refusing to participate in gossip. Choosing not to dwell on anger or resentment. Avoiding entertainment that fills your mind with things that contradict Scout values. It means being as careful about what you put in your mind as you are about what you put in your body.
A Scout is clean in thought as well as deed. When you choose to think well of others, to focus on positive things, and to avoid mental clutter of negativity and gossip, you're building character from the inside out. Because who you are when no one is watching starts with what you allow yourself to think about.