when thoughts get away from you
I came home from work and had a great sense of clarity about my life. I felt
like my chest was opening to spirituality and joy of life. For some
reason I obsess a little bit and look for answers or wisdoms from what I am going through.
The answers don't always present myself and it's like I become this mental record skipping.
I could drill down and become quite depressed but I am realizing this is what I do
and so I figure I will do some things to occupy the rest of my day. I'll go to the gym,
I will look into buying shoes for work. I will make an appointment for a haircut.
Thoughts getting away from me doesn't mean I can't set back a little bit and do the
tasks anyway. I used to not be able to do that - to look past them. I am feeling good that I can
go ahead and keep busy even so.
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Mindfulness in action is poetry in motion.
Well done, oh mindful one.
thanks arfie. I am starting to feel down and worthless but I need to somehow keep in motion. It's weird. thanks for the note.
things are better. I decided to go to the gym - and that got me out and formed a new perspective.
Left wing contemplation alert:
Somewhere inside the just-a-patient interpretation of brain plasticity theories, there is allot of talk about forging new neural pathways around established but counter-productive neural pathways. When I find myself falling into my own dysfunctional thought patterns, I sometimes think of my therapy exercises as forging new neural pathways.