We all have those thoughts. You know the ones that creep in and will not stop or go away. Sometimes it’s something someone said and we review over and over what we should have said in return. We remember our mistakes or shortcomings. We wonder why someone didn’t return an email or a phone call. Someone cut us off in traffic. Work isn't going the way we want. The list is endless but the thoughts circulating in our brain feels the same. We feel bad about ourselves and others. How can those thoughts be stopped.
The easiest is to be in the present. When the thoughts start that is the time to recognize everything around you. Can you hear a clock ticking? If you are outside what do you see. Recognize the weave of a fabric, the different colors in a single flower, the taste of what you are eating, the feel of what you are touching or anything else that brings you into the present. Staying in the present keeps you from going on a history tour. If once you are in the present if you find that you can’t stay there then go to your least favorite thing. Mine is multiplication tables. Going though the tables so completely redirects my thinking that I can completely leave those circular thoughts.
2 x 2 =4
2 x 3 = 6
2 x 4 = 8
I guess the final step in stopping thoughts is to go to positive thoughts. I am lucky that my husband, children (including
daughters/son-in-laws) and grandchildren are always happy thoughts.
daughters/son-in-laws) and grandchildren are always happy thoughts.
Stopping thoughts is a habit that takes work to develop but oh the rewards are wonderful.
(Happy Birthday Becca)
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