I got my mojo back
I got my mojo back after reading another page of A Course in Miracles.
Which reminds me – again – that the mind never sleeps and that there is no such thing as an idle thought. Since the mind is always working, and since it cannot stop working, it might be a good idea to use mind energy more productively, to help myself. Now, there’s a novel idea.
For sure, we can and often do use our thoughts, our brain-power, destructively. But it turns out to be surprisingly easy, and diverting, to use it for lighter purposes – to be relaxed, happy, to have fun and be immersed – however briefly – in the joy of something new and pleasing.
It turns out there is always something more enjoyable I can turn my sights to: a colourful sky, a nice piece of fruit, a fluffy guinea-pig squeaking for attention, a piece of music that makes me fizz with excitement… And, perhaps when I can’t raise a smile, I should maybe just accept that I’m exhausted and would love to sleep for a while. How many times have we berated ourselves and felt bad because we are simply tired? I wonder about that.
I discover it is remarkably easy to be happy. But I’ve got used, as I suspect many of us have, to supposing that I ‘have’ to get upset when I read awful things in the news. In fact, it is possible to sympathise deeply and genuinely without joining in the suffering by feeling bad. A liberating discovery.
Thanks so much for listening.
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April 3, 2019 @ 3:35 pm
Yes indeed. Allow yourself happiness. Other people’s grief is awful to witness but at the end of the day it is not yours.
April 3, 2019 @ 4:10 pm
Hi Diane
I’m sure I’ve said this, or something like it, many times before. But it does astonish me how often I have to re-phrase a thing before I (a) actively understand it and (b) begin to apply it in what I do. And reading a variety of points of view helps with that, of course. You are most kind to agree with me.
May 3, 2019 @ 4:31 pm
This is really timely. I read the news every day–mostly headlines, plus a few articles from various points of view. They’re always well-laced with reports of yet another scandalous turn of events (no matter what your political persuasion may be). I’ve been trying out various ways of distancing myself without denying the pain, agony or sheer horror that runs like a thread through human history. Sending up small prayers and then letting it go (giving it to God, though that might sound like passing the bucket) helps. I would wish someone to do the same for me if they ever found me in a newspaper report (for example). I also have to keep reminding myself that justice, kindness and respect begin at home–right where I’m most vulnerable to being sidetracked! 🙁 Great post again, Fran!
May 3, 2019 @ 6:02 pm
Thank you so much, Elouise. A quote from ‘A Course in Miracles’ that I especially like:- “To sympathise does not mean to join in suffering, which is what you must refuse to understand.” and another:- “God established His relationship with you to make you happy, and nothing you do that does not share His purpose can be real. The purpose God ascribed to anything is its only function. Because of His reason for creating His relationship with you, the function of relationships became forever “to make happy.” And nothing else.” I think you might find A Course in Miracles rewarding reading. :-))