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Week 5, Entry 2
Jun. 21st, 2022 09:19 amMy left arm has quit for a bit. I'm not sure why, it's just that my forearm has a knot of pain in it when I press on things, and my fingers go funny as well, particularly my fourth finger. I'm going to just not use it a while, and massage it where I can.
I've finally picked up what's going on with the idea of letting a thought go, and able to do so. My instinct is to chew on a problem till it hurts, but letting it go, letting it not matter and pass on further, is interesting. Soothing, if nothing else. I've always been able to remove specific words or images from my mind, with the Elephant Trick, but that's different from letting a theme, problem, or thought go.
The ability for me to say to myself that someone can say something and I don't have to take it to heart is one thing which is getting easier. More than that, there's being willing to let people be wrong, and let people carry on speaking to one another without needing to join in one way or other. I don't need to always interrogate why people are saying what they are, let alone drawing it to its coldly logical conclusion. It's beautifully freeing, and I hope that everyone is able to do it somehow.
I've finally picked up what's going on with the idea of letting a thought go, and able to do so. My instinct is to chew on a problem till it hurts, but letting it go, letting it not matter and pass on further, is interesting. Soothing, if nothing else. I've always been able to remove specific words or images from my mind, with the Elephant Trick, but that's different from letting a theme, problem, or thought go.
The ability for me to say to myself that someone can say something and I don't have to take it to heart is one thing which is getting easier. More than that, there's being willing to let people be wrong, and let people carry on speaking to one another without needing to join in one way or other. I don't need to always interrogate why people are saying what they are, let alone drawing it to its coldly logical conclusion. It's beautifully freeing, and I hope that everyone is able to do it somehow.
