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In Possession of a Beautiful Mind.

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Yin Yang.

Put this blog into WordPress ‘Draught’ status a while ago. It came to mind this morning. I was writing lyrics that had a similar vibe regarding seeking a new horizon when you feel stuck with unwanted situations.

So I’m going to reintroduce it simply as a reminder to myself to remain positive for the coming music recordings.

Writing down thoughts, not in journals, but simply to test out a few pens is a gentle past time. You can find yourself writing a couple of lines or make a choice of such considerations which can turn into an ‘almost essay’ in actuality.

However. Writing analytical reflections can become a particular hardship at times. Acceptance of the past worrisome events is much kinder when you do not dwell. They happened. They’re gone. Lighter written out thoughts are good for the soul. They provide dreams of what is and what could be.

I’ll call it being in possession of your ‘beautiful mind’. No longer judging your life. But accepting it for what it had to offer, and still offers.

Everyone can pull up their beautiful mind. To believe one is always inherent? I believe one does actually exist for real. Once found, it can bring vibrancy to one’s life and that is a wonderful realisation. The location of this beautiful mind? It’s either there on the surface, simply sitting in view and there for the taking.

Or deep down there somewhere in the body’s depths. It could be that it has been anchor dragged downwards to your ocean floor. Now hidden by repetitive thoughts of ‘oh so many worrisome occasions in life’. They’re floating in the water above your hidden, anchored beautiful mind. That anchor can be pulled up. It just takes some seeking and then some strength to pull it back through those difficult thoughts to return it into existence. It breaks the water’s surface and enters into the clear, fresh air. Some determination is required. But once found, you can then turn your view out to the sea, see a beckoning horizon, head towards it. It’s satisfying to realise a different journey is possible. To rub your hands together because new adventures await.

Wave bye bye to that swirling part of your life where you write words that are the witness to that cloud that hovers over the lonely reflective and claustrophobic repetitive. Words that tell of the every day familiar back and forth. Like a rowing boat, stuck in the estuary. It is keen to make a different journey and to visit your life’s ship which is waiting in the harbour. A little effort and you can arrive there. Look back at the dismal beach which has now been left behind. Forget the scatterings of flotsam and jetsam on the damp sand. Forget the harbour of ship in limbo. Turn. Look to a new horizon. Look at the swell of the ocean. Look at the bright skies and it’s shifting patterns of cloud formations. Look at the stars. Look at family. Look at friends. Embrace the music. Anyone or anything that gives hope, positivity and support. Look for everything and any one thing that gives true and realistic hope.

Set sails and begin to fly. The first ocean breeze that pushes you into the journey ahead will make you more confident. Help you feel a little stronger. Then stronger still as each league, and then day by day, passes by into ongoing weeks to months feeling yourself living a more wonderful and gentler existence.

21 thoughts on “In Possession of a Beautiful Mind.”

    1. Thanks Sheila. I read how you like to present aWEsOMe in that way. Great to see it included in a reply to one of the blogs. I’ll treasure that one. Rowing boat? I suppose you could be in a tributary and then aim to hit a lake too. Little starts to bigger adventures? But I thought that a ship would allow more scope to a life’s ongoing journey. 😊 All the best for your ongoing life’s and word driven adventures. 🙏🏽

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      2. ‘In for a penny, in for a pound’ is a saying. It’s ensuring that you can see progress in any small positive changes I suppose. That first step, as the Buddhist saying goes. As long as the journey starts in that positive way, you still feel a sense that change is on the horizon. Thank you Sheila. I look forward to your future writings.

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      4. It can take on a few different scenarios depending on the explanation given from different internet sources. Your next theme. Sounds a great trio of subjects synergy wise. The pen article may have to wait to include a Christmas vibe then. All the nice atmospheric blogs from my past re: Christmas involved the joy of fountain pen script at that time of year. Candle flame and the aesthetic scratch of nib on handmade paper. Whisky and an open fire. Attempting to create a scenario of comfort and joy. Attempting being the key word. 😊

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      6. A small passage from a Christmas Carol, or……a choice of a verse from Carol Song itself. Other relevant links maybe too. A mince pie recipe. Written with the wood turned pen. Is it Holly wood by chance? 😉 Must admit, the log fire in our house, especially around Christmas time, is very nice. Makes the living room a fantastic place to sit, look at flame dance, listen to popping crackles, see the room’s ambience take on a different glow and gives us a space to truly relax. All the best Sheila.

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      8. Ideas are ever present from our blog links aren’t they? I get inspired by others’ contributions. Christmas is very much an aromatic time. My granddaughter said, on the recent 3 week visit, that our house smells of Christmas. Referring to the candles burning at the time I should imagine.

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    1. Thank you for loving it and reading it twice. Like New York, New York. 😊 Optimism is how I feel too presently. It’s such a very strange World out there presently. The overall chaos in many areas of life is so overwhelming that finding inner balance is becoming paramount. Look forward, as you say. Be nice to again find the beauty of what should be a more gentle life. Good fortune Brenda.

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  4. in group and at the clinic the health professionals talk about rumination and how people with SUD can get trapped in this cycle where you ruminate about experiences, emotions, and regret, then have feelings of guilt, shame, or anxiety, which can lead to increased substance use as a way to cope with those negative thoughts. music is the only thing that really breaks the cycle for me.

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    1. I never dived deeply, as a medical nurse, into these philosophies cookie. But how you describe the cyclic nature of this conundrum, it is familiar with the pain catastrophizing syndrome. How to break free of, as you said, past experiences. Side-stepping the answers and denying the realities of actually experiencing it all. The story becomes one’s own unique story. So therapy has many avenues.

      To break free from that cycle, what we had to look at and discuss with the patient was the very many therapeutic choices. I really believe that outside influences and influencers can be very much relevant. And you are experiencing both. Conversational exchange both guided, as your group’s inclusions are tailored to, and the social arena of good vibes that replace self rumination with your interests.

      You have benefits of being a talented musician and can both share your views of life through your self written songs to others. This bringing great exchanges and vibes. Both little important exchanges and more grand collective audience or focused group exchanges.

      Also to sit quietly writing and developing your own songs to give your emotions a recognisable peg to hang your hats on means you freely express through your melodies and words which brings a massive lift to mood. I can understand that feeling. Also. The struggle to learn to play on an instrument and write new songs brings concentration and positive distractions from past ruminations. Listening to and learning to play music from other musicians’ songs you love can bring a release of endorphins that heighten mood and well being. So win-win for well being.

      It’s always great to know you exist in your own specific groove where the feeling of good vibes grow and grow. You have a talent that knows no limits. The only limits are the ones you set yourself. So the sky and beyond can be your choice to future adventures. Day after day is a great adventure of different interests for you to learn and take up too. Isn’t skateboarding now an Olympic sport! 😊 All the best cookie.

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