thinking – a meditation

thinking

 

 

 

“…there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

– Shakespeare

 

 

I can very easily over-think things. When I do that, I put my serenity at risk, particularly when I start projecting what might happen in the future. I can very easily descend into what a friend calls “awfulizing” or “catastrophizing”. When I do that, I become more and more sure that the worst will happen, and I bring unneeded fear and anxiety into my life. The program gives me some tools to help me out. One of these is the slogan “First things first”, which can also be expressed as “Do the next right thing.” It reminds me to stay in today, to think about what I need to do now, and to not get too far into the unknown future.

A meditation for January 10, 2013.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ke-b8_hHU

When I get caught up in over-thinking, I am very likely to be feeling like “poor, poor, pitiful me.”

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