Verna, I love this post and especially your story about Floyd. Like you I have a chattering brain (the Buddhists, like Pema, call it monkey mind, as you probably know, as it swings from one trivial thought to another). I do two things to stop it: one is to get into my body; and the other is to embody myself in the present moment, like you do. It works, but it takes a lot of practice.
Thank you for this! I’ve been beating myself up lately about mistakes that I’ve made in the past and you have given me new perspective.
As an only child, my SB sometimes speaks out loud since I grew up talking to myself; this tends to drive my husband crazy!
I will forever more use Floyd’s World in situations where people do, in fact, do exactly what they were hired to do but nothing more. With my SB, it won’t be a surprise if I scream, “Floyd’s World” out loud to no one in particular!
About the gratitude: When our son was young we would write down three good things about our day every night at bedtime. I still have the journals and the lists go something like this:
Him: No homework, playing baseball, DOUGHNUTS!
Me: Lunch with a friend, quiet reading time, DOUGHNUTS! 😀
Happy New Year! Thanks for your stories; I look forward to them.
Verna, I love this post and especially your story about Floyd. Like you I have a chattering brain (the Buddhists, like Pema, call it monkey mind, as you probably know, as it swings from one trivial thought to another). I do two things to stop it: one is to get into my body; and the other is to embody myself in the present moment, like you do. It works, but it takes a lot of practice.
Thank you for this! I’ve been beating myself up lately about mistakes that I’ve made in the past and you have given me new perspective.
As an only child, my SB sometimes speaks out loud since I grew up talking to myself; this tends to drive my husband crazy!
I will forever more use Floyd’s World in situations where people do, in fact, do exactly what they were hired to do but nothing more. With my SB, it won’t be a surprise if I scream, “Floyd’s World” out loud to no one in particular!
About the gratitude: When our son was young we would write down three good things about our day every night at bedtime. I still have the journals and the lists go something like this:
Him: No homework, playing baseball, DOUGHNUTS!
Me: Lunch with a friend, quiet reading time, DOUGHNUTS! 😀
Happy New Year! Thanks for your stories; I look forward to them.