Our thoughts transform us into the people we are. Every day hundreds, even thousands, of thoughts pass through our minds and help shape us into the people we are meant to become. An example of this comes from my life. As I discussed previously, I experienced a severe amount of anxiety with nursing school this past winter. I was constantly thinking about how hard school would be and how I wouldn't be able to handle it. These thoughts turned me into a person who wanted to drop out of nursing school. Readers can see another example of thoughts that create who we are in William Wordsworth's poem “I Wander Lonely as a Cloud.” Wordsworth says, “For often, when I lie upon my couch/ And my heart is filled with pleasure, and I dance with the daffodils” (19.23-24). These are two examples of the power our minds and thoughts can have over us. Wordsworth thinks of daffodils and becomes happy. I would think about nursing school and be paralyzed