I had a profound thought today about how transient thoughts are haha. Through my yoga class and being introduced to Jin Shin Jyustu I watched my thoughts today and saw how they bubble up, come to the surface, create some emotional response and then pop or drift down into the abyss again. Thoughts are just thoughts. I had a million thoughts come up in my brain today and I was luckily in a good space so I was able to watch how I have it in my power to not give my thoughts power. It is up to me to decide what I want to do with the thoughts that pass through my brain.
That idea, for some reason, is really comforting!! Every time I had an overly emotional response to a random thought I was able to stop and ask myself, 1. does it really matter all that much? and 2. I have the choice to laugh. And that is what I did. Instead of feeding an uncomfortable thought with my emotions, I sent it away with love. I keep hearing the same advice from yoga teachers lately: if its not fun, why do it? If you aren't smiling, then what can you do to change your situation to bring a grin to that beautiful face?
Take control of your life. It is your decision to feel overwhelmed, it is you who does not laugh when our brains want to make our life into dramas, it is us who feed disturbing thoughts or situations by ruminating over them. Know that you have the power within you to heal, to change, to laugh! I forget to laugh a lot, but I learn more and more every day that even the way I think is funny. The way I'm so used to living my life waiting for the other shoe to drop, especially when everything is going well. Now, I want to laugh. I want to laugh at my habitual reactions because I'd rather be laughing and smiling and enjoying my life, then letting my transient thoughts win over. So what do you choose?
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