Going In One Ear and Out the Other

By Wanda Lawson

Balance seems to be a sort of theme these days as I write my articles. This makes sense to me because balance is a huge part of healing.

Healing concerns a threefold process involving our minds, bodies, and spirits.

As we heal our minds and bodies, our spirits become free to be in touch with our Higher Power, therefore allowing us to be our true selves with our true natures.

We essentially become “unbound” by the effects of our past and the concern of our future. Our minds are pretty much conditioned. In any given moment, a thought has been programmed to appear as if a lightning bolt had struck us on top of our head. It does not matter if it is labeled good or bad. Our mind can even come up with something labeled bad in even the best of the moments of our lives.

Worries are just words formed together, brought forth in our minds, and have not yet manifested in the physical. Therefore, why do we worry, mostly due to fear of the unknown.

Projecting your thoughts into the future and making decisions based upon worries is not conducive to balance in our lives. Just as making decisions based upon past events, assuming their reoccurrence, will not bring your life into balance. The mind sees its job as a rejecter, rejecting what is presently going on to bring about a better future. The logic in this is that if we are now happy, we will not allow anything to disturb this. It analyzes situations so it can fix or improve things in order to keep the “happy” feeling alive.

In reality, there is always something going on that is bad, so the mind stays busy trying to ascertain situations in any given moment. We cannot really “stop our minds” and function properly. However, what we can choose to do is take some time, a couple of breathes, and stop the chattering of our thoughts for a moment.

In order to accomplish this we must remember not to “fight” our thoughts, but rather “allow” the thoughts to float by. I call this “going in one ear and out the other”.

Ask yourself…

What is the first thing you think upon awakening in the mornings? Are you thankful for even waking up? Are you thinking you are late for an appointment or for work? Are you thinking about your day’s schedule and how on earth you are going to meet the days, weeks, months, year’s deadlines?

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