Once upon a moon some time ago I heard a saying that has stuck with me throught the years, “garbage in, garbage out”. The saying was told to me by a wise man who was sharing with me the importance of guarding one’s heart. He explained to me that the more trash I allowed to go through my heart, the more that would take root there. He advised that I choose with care the friends that I had, the music that I listened to, the TV that I chose to watch, and so on. As goofy as I thought he was at my young age, as time passed and I began to grow into a young adult, I realized that he spoke truth to my heart. The more that I chose to keep consistent garbage from entering my heart, the less of a direct impact it had on my life. I realized that negative friends sprouted growth to negativity in my own heart…that trashy music and TV brought forth garbage from own my lips and attitude. I realized that if I wanted positive growth in my life, from my heart, that I had to have “good in, so that good would come out”!