Posts by Pat:
Practice becoming unglued
Thinking doesn’t always serve us!
When we rely on our mind to tell how things are, we are asking for trouble!
Our brain…
- selects from vast amounts of incoming information,
- weaves fragments of information into creative fantasies,
- fills gaps with assumptions and beliefs, with rules, wishes, fears.
Our awareness becomes glued to our thoughts, and our thoughts to our feelings and then our actions.
So how do we become “unglued?”
- Lose interest in our thoughts and
see them as passing through. We don’t have to stop them or change them. That would just take too much energy to sustain. - Become the Witness: “I told myself not to worry.”
- Know that thoughts don’t essentially mean anything-UNLESS you believe them.
- Just change your channel for different vibrations (don’t like the news station, then go to the classical music station!)
My sister and I have a routine we enjoy to keep us from being glued to being right. When one of us shares a possible thought as an explanation for something, we also add
“I made that up, but it might be true!”
After all, most folks used to think the world was flat. And that’s a good example of the “ungluing” that we can do… and probably need to do more of! (think of current political beliefs!)
Don’t let your random thoughts unravel your life… You can just let them go!
Use the gift we all have: CHOICE:
- use your freedom to choose,
- allow your thoughts to be fluid,
- unglue yourself from those thoughts that no longer serve you.
What will you “unglue?”
Stop signs, yield signs, dead-ends
It’s said that if you want to make God laugh, just tell him/her your plans! How many times have you neglected to pay attention to the signs that come up as you try to follow your plans and drive the vehicle called “Your Life?” It’s a good thing that life is really all about our journey, […]
Dueling Proverbs?
Many popular sayings are correct, even insightful, when we apply them to life’s circumstances. But when proverbs are viewed without qualification, they can cancel each other out! For instance, while it’s often true that “too many cooks spoil the broth,” there are times when “two heads are better than one.” And how about these? Wonders […]
Eat That Frog Now or Later?
The frog in the Mark Twain quote has been long adopted by the business community and by productivity advocates to represent the one task or activity you are least looking forward to completing over the course of your day. The idea being that once the unappealing task in done, the rest of the day is a […]
How many eggs can you hold?
When we are children, we begin to find and collect “eggs”-people, ideas, dreams-that we like to hold in our hands. As our hands naturally grow larger over time, we are able to hold more eggs. Our youth was a time of curiosity, gathering up and collecting more. But at a certain point we stop growing […]
Yellow Miracles
Almost nothing else represents the emergence of spring as the beloved yellow daffodil, happy and bright after its (and my!) long winter’s nap. I look out into the backyard of my home and see the flowerbed filled with the bright yellow and green of spring. I think some things on this earth just look as if […]
Let it be you
Like many of the great personal development leaders, Jim Rohn pointed out that what happens to us is not what determines our future, it is what we do about it. Someone, somewhere, is getting rich, is getting healthy, is improving their life. His recommendation: Let it be you! Someone is going to start a business. […]
Uplifting Showers?
Since the arrival of one or more rainy days can be interpreted as a signal to slow down and contemplate life, that’s MY choice this weekend! Slowing down to appreciate the gifts in my life is a blessing. Thinking of my life’s energy, love given and received, lessons learned but so often forgotten, reconnects me […]
We’ve got an “extra” day!
It’s More Complicated Than You Think! The difference between the duration of the earth’s orbit and the calendar year isn’t exactly six hours, or a quarter of a day. So, Leap Day is observed every four years, except for years that are perfectly divisible by 100 — unless they’re perfectly divisible by 400. Huh? Got […]
Ctrl-Alt-Delete
Help! My “computer” has too much stuff on it! Does yours? And, yes, I am talking about my mind and my life! My life and my mind operate like a computer but are so much more, that it’s a shame I’ve let them get so cluttered. It’s time to exercise my “God-given” right and ability to use that […]