Thinking Like This, Could Help Reduce Stress
by Sueños on 03/21/17
In our daily lives, it can be very easy to get kind of swept away with our thoughts. Thinking about where we might like to stop for coffee, can quickly lead to us thinking about all the times we accidentally spilled hot coffee on our lap. Well now that we're thinking about all the times we spilled hot coffee on our lap, we think of the next logical step, going home to get dressed. What pants would match the shirt we have on? Oh no! Our only matching pair of pants are at the dry cleaners. God, if we spilled coffee on our laps we'd have nothing to wear. Then we must go shopping, but what about our favorite store. I think they closed their closest location!
This kind of thinking goes on and on, so much so, that we've completely passed the turn to our favorite café. We've all had this happen to us, and it can be simultaneously stressful and a titch ironic. In thinking about how we might slip up getting coffee, we've slipped up. It is these scenarios, and others like it, that a daily meditation practice can help avoid.
It is through the process of building a wall between thinker and observer, that we may begin to better control what thoughts we allow ourselves to dwell on. It is through the awareness that meditation brings this is possible, and as the word practice implies, there is always room for improvement. So, I encourage you, start your meditation today. Stop getting carried away.
This is a guest post by one of our coaches Diego-Andreas. If you like this post, and want to see more like it, check out his blog at www.wonderingintomyself.com
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