Sight, Sound, Soliloquy | Simmer

Sight.

     

Last man standing.

This little guy jumped into my cart a few weeks back. One of my favorite reds. $4.99. Yup! I’m rarely in the mood for red but when I am I’ll be equipped.

Sound.

An email exchange with a friend gifted me with the perfect groove for my afternoon. Care to Join me?

Come on now…just skip the ad! It’s Friday.

Soliloquy.

Speaking of simmering down, I’m in need of that myself. I was thinking I might bring that Beaujolais over to my friend’s place but I don’t think I want to share. (*winkwink* Sushi Sunday girl!)

Simmer down means to become calm after excitement or anger. OR in my case? Just life. I always need to have some sort of break at the end of the day before I declare it chill o’clock.

I used to swim after work but lately I’ve been strapping on my pod and just cruising around my hood (what the… where did that come from? strapping on the pod? srsly?). I listen to sermons, podcasts or music according to where my head’s at.

        

Get lost in the clouds.

Works like a charm.

I just got back and I’m about to shower, do some B&D (Bible study and devotionals*)… then…hmmm…I’m thinking more B&D. Beaujolais and Dinner.

• How do you simmer down?

• Angela blessed my life with the most beautiful devotional. It speaks to me each and everyday. Yesterday for example. After I finished my blog post from yesterday. If you read my post you may want to read it. It was spot on ..exactly what I needed. I’ll leave it in the comments.

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Roomba

I spent most of the work week adapting a Shareholder Agreement for clients.

So many wheretos, whereupons, heretofores  and hereafters. The words Shareholder, Agreement and Corporation became pins and needles in my brain.

It was mind mortal.

 

If I hear or read the word “shall” anytime in the near future I will make sick. No joke.

So my brain was pretty addled already when I headed off to therapy. I LOVE therapy but afterward I’m like this:

“Is this real life?”

Yeah. Like that except on speed. The thoughts and the thinks and the “me,me,me” suck me in. I’m so “all up in my head” it’s disgusting and tiring after a while.

So right now my mind is like this: 

Make it stop!

I wish there was a Roomba for the mind.

You could flip a switch in the morning and it goes around and sucks up all the dirty bits and detritus that doesn’t do you any good while you go about your day. Leaving you with a clear, relaxed, and functional mind.

But it doesn’t work that way. In order to quiet our mind and change the way we think we need to DO something. Breathe, pray, meditate, practice constructive living, positive affirmations…etc. Whatever works. (Preferably something healthy, non-disordered and government sanctioned.)

There’s no app for that. No Roomba. Not even Dyson’s Wind Tunnel Technology can still our minds for us. Only we can change the way we think

We have to take charge and control the six inches of real-estate between our ears.

So with that, I’m going to self-propel myself away from this computer and Do something to get me out of my head and back into the Present.

• Do you have a Roomba?
• Are you watching So You Think You Can Dance?
• What’s your favorite color?
• Do monkeys really like bananas?
• Do they make remote controls for your computer?

 

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