Your Own Company
Question: Are you happy with your own company? This isn’t a business question.
Can you spend time alone with yourself and not get bored or scared? The answer to that question seems to be a LOUD “NO!”
That’s truly a shame. Most people I know feel compelled to fill up their free time with some sort of activity – exercising, TV watching, web surfing, book reading, busy work and the like.
It seems that most people refuse to spend some of their free time just with their thoughts. That’s because they don’t like what they’re thinking, so they plan an escape.
Your mind is going to be with you around the clock, so it only makes sense to learn how to make peace with your mind so that you can enjoy peace of mind without having to resort to a temporary diversion.
“I have to keep working to keep my mind off of it” is something we’ve all heard or said, or both. That’s like burying a camel under the rug and not expecting to see the hump.
“It” will be there until you spend time with “it.” “It” is like the proverbial bad penny – it’s coming back.
Spending time with “It” and letting it have its say, keeps the repeat visits to a minimum allowing you more peaceful thoughts or no thoughts at all. There’s no reason for a diversion because you are at peace with your mind.
Observing your mind at work, like an onlooker rather than as a participant, is a step towards a more peaceful you – a you you’ll want to spend time with.
The secret to peace of mind is discovering that your thoughts are not you. They pretend to be you. In fact, there are so many of them pretending, it’s like being at an Elvis look-alike convention.
Take time to observe the show going on in your mind. It’s pretty entertaining once you realize its not real.
Once you observe your thoughts at play, they take the show on the road rather than stay. This frees you up to spend pleasant time with you, and not scurrying around looking for something to do.
All the best,
John
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