It just so seems that I’ve started blogging again. Third day in a row. Or, not really, yesterday was just a share from an article I wrote for foodpharmacy.se, but still, more happening here than in a long time. And I guess it’s my response to all of us retrieving back into our homes again. Maybe because winter is approaching, maybe because of restrictions due to C (I don’t want to give energy to it by naming it so it goes by the name Carola nowadays, it’s a joke between me and my niece, maybe only Swedes will understand, but try it out, it works really well ;)).
Anyways, less social things in our calendar can give space for more thoughts. And honestly, I believe most of us had enough as it was. So what do we do about them, the racing thoughts?
Well, I think for once, don’t believe in all of them. Your minds job is to criticize, judge, look for danger and categorize so that you stay alive and live in a simple enough world. But the thing is, most of us are not in danger of dying today and we don’t live in a simple world. A simplifying mind is one of the biggest challenges of this world today. Because it says you are wrong and I am right. It says those people are that way and we are like this. Either you’re in or you're out. But most things are in the grey zone. So we need to be able to override that thought that says you need to put a label on things as good or bad, people as good or bad. It’s never either or, it’s both and more.
To be able to not believe in all the thoughts you need detach from them a bit so that you can watch them as they come along, trying to persuade you to believe in them. And I know, they can be very persuasive. If your mind says the world is falling apart, everyone is bad and it’ll all go to sh*t. Put a hand on your heart, notice your breath, your heartbeat, your feet on the ground, and know, in this very moment, you are okay. And whatever happens in the future you can deal with. If it happens. But not now, because it’s only a scary thought in your mind.
Let yourself rest. Let yourself breath. Let yourself connect to a tree or to a loved one or to a pet and feel what that feels like. That’s what’s real. Here and now. All is well.
With all my love,
Helena