VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS LIKE CLOUDS

Can you really watch your thoughts like clouds?

When I was a child, and fortunately still, One of my favourite past times was and is to go out in to the garden on a warm afternoon and lean back to watch the sky. Nowadays I would go and do this with my youngest son and we would lean back against the soft grass and just watch the clouds roll by.

What made the whole thing fun and interesting was we would be looking at the exact same thing, but my son and I would come up with totally different ideas about what we were looking at. I could be looking at a cloud and I would see some random object or a bus or even an animal - (Usually a cow :) ), but my son would say that it looked like a Rhino or a dog.

Sometimes my eldest son would chip in and say that the cloud looked like a person or celebrity. We all knew that there was no right or wrong answer. That’s what made it fun. It’s kind of like a collective way of igniting everybody’s imaginations. It was a way of bonding and having fun together.

Here's the thing. Did you know that you can do the same with your thoughts? You can develop enough of an emotional distance from your thoughts, that you can just lean back and acknowledge them. There’s no need to freak out. There’s no need to get angry or upset when some sort of mental image comes to mind. You can process your thoughts just like clouds.

When clouds come over, no matter how dark they are or how much rain they contain, sooner of later, they will blow away. they will pass. It is not surprise that a lot of people who view their thoughts like clouds develop an attitude of “This too will pass.” I want to wrap your mind around that because I know, at this point as you read this article, you may be focussing about things in the future or in the past.

Maybe you went through a negative experience in the past. Maybe you’re embarrassed about something. Or maybe you are feeling bad about something that somebody else did to you. By understanding that you can acknowledge these thoughts without being owned by them is the most liberating feeling that you could ever have. It has been a real life changer for me.

You no longer have to let your emotions get the better of you. You no longer have to worry about your past having such a hold on you, that it prevents you from moving on. This is liberation. What’s so incredible about it is, all that it takes is for you to change your attitude about your thoughts. They’re not present reality, they’re interpretations.

You CAN choose your interpretations. You CAN switch your focus to interpretations that make you feel stronger, worthier, and happier. That’s how you edit your reality and that’s why it is so important to learn the mental techniques that will enable you to watch your thoughts like clouds.  

Until next time

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