I have decided that from now on (well, as long as "from now on" means for an inconsistent blogger like me) I will be posting a quote at least once a week and writing a nice note about it. These nice notes might not always be nice per se but I do hope that I will be able to express my feelings and thoughts of the day or moment simply and clearly through their use. Enjoy :)
"Thoughts are like children. If they're resisted or suppressed or neglected, they're going to scream, until we meet them with understanding. It's not helpful to believe that thoughts are obstacles to happiness. And we humans have been trying to get rid of thoughts for thousands of years. It just doesn't work. You can't let go of thoughts. No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don't let go of my thoughts - I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me."
Byron Katie
Lessons Learned: Today I was listening to "Crash and Burn" a song by the wonderful 90s/early 2000s band Savage Garden. At one point there is a sign that flashes across the screen during their music video that says "scream. to keep from suffering in silence." I love that! How true is that?!? I know me, and if you know anything about me you know that I feel very deeply, and it is very hard for me to actually talk about what I feel as I am feeling it because it is just hard. It just is. It is what it is. Anyway, I thought of this because when we do, or when I do just let myself cry and moan and scream to release my thoughts I am really releasing those resisted, suppressed, and neglected emotions. I notice that when I confront my feelings sooner, rather than later, that I do not have to let them control me I do not have to be their slave and be subject to the irrationality or impulsivity that may arise from them. When I analyze them by taking a step back, and seeing where these thoughts or feelings may be coming from and question why they are there and how they are affecting me; it is then that I can choose whether or not to be controlled by them, I listen to them and understand them and then let them go. It's like that pesky neighbor, Church member, or needy and over burdening coworker or mother-in-law (I am not married so no personal jabs here, and no I am not thinking of anyone in particular) that just needs to talk and rant to you about anything and everything because they want you to care. The annoying thing about these kinds of people is that they just don't realize that you do not care, and if they do, then they do not care that you don't care. Think of donkey in the movie Shrek, they turned out to be great friends but only after Shrek and Donkey began to understand each other. As I have learned to understand those people and my thoughts, it is true, they have begun to "let go" of me and bother me less. Just a thought for today.
Learning as normal,
Patience
P.S. I made a really cute owl cake for Bubby yesterday and he loved it!! Picture on facebook and I will gladly post one tomorrow for yall!
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