I live in Rhode Island and if you’ve been following the news, we’ve been flooded by the recent, record rainfall.

It’s not fun, and for some it’s complete inundation.

The best news is the sun is on the horizon and better days are here.

Many people are forced into activity they’re not accustomed to in a challenging situation. When they take action, they are no longer flooded with the burdensome thoughts they had before getting it in gear.

Activity serves as a dam to the mental flood. It’s a temporary fix because when the activity stops, the flood of thought returns.

Many people use activity as a diversion to escape their thoughts. You know the type – always doing something.

When you request that they slow down, you always get a defense that goes something like this: “If I don’t do it, it won’t get done.”

They really believe it’s about the task; it rarely is. They just need to be active. My experience is that they don’t like themselves all that much. They pay too much attention to the voice in their head that constantly tells them they are not enough. What better way to calm that voice than to be active?

Please don’t confuse activity with an active person. There is a difference. An active person can turn off the activity; the always active seemingly can’t.

The person who is eternally active generally looks on others who don’t match their activity level as lazy. They’ve bought into a belief that they are not enough, so they are always doing to prove the voice in their head wrong.

It seems odd but the couch potato is a kindred spirit to these folks because they are also looking to turn off the flood of thoughts by doing mind numbing activities like non-stop TV watching.

The exceedingly active person may find their way to drugs or alcohol as a sedative for their onslaught of thoughts.

Never in a million years would these folks figure out that the answer to their dilemma is to STOP and spend time with their thoughts.

This time with your thoughts is not a debate with yourself. It’s more of an exercise to unemotionally observe the thoughts that drive you to become active to escape them.

The more often you take time to observe your mind at work, you’ll find that your thought process calms down and then so do you – and for many, without any of what the Rolling Stones called “Mother’s Little Helpers.”

I admire energetic people who get things done. I feel sorry for those locked into activity for activity’s sake. It’s such a waste of energy piling up those sandbags on a daily basis when the calming solution is as close as observing your next thought.

If you are perpetually active, this message is for you. You are more than enough. To have that belief sink in, you just need to shift your activity to becoming more observant.

All the best,

John

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