I’ve always loved this passage from Paul’s letter to the Philipians

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. ” Philippians 4: 8

Pretty direct. Wouldn’t it be lovely if I didn’t have to make a conscious effort to rid the mind of anything outside of this prescription? Besides making an effort to dial back during this season, I will apply these “whatevers” to rid the brain of toxicity in all it’s forms; speech (gossip, debate, complaining), thought,  literature, visual images on TV and the web and where ever else I can cull it out.