Dear Readers,
These next words are not my own, but I got this in my email today, and thought I should share it with all of you.
Noise as a Distraction
Our lives are typically filled with noise. There are the noises from the outside world that we cannot control, and there are the noises we allow into our lives. These noises, from seemingly innocuous sources like the television and radio, can actually help us avoid dealing with uncomfortable thoughts and emotions. However, using noise as a distraction hurts more than it helps because you are numbing yourself to what may be internally bubbling up to the surface for you to look at and heal. Distracting yourself with talk-radio, television, or other background noises can also prevent you from finding closure to issues that haunt you.
Noise as a distraction can affect us in many ways. It can help you stay numb to emotions that you don’t want to feel, allow you to avoid dealing with problems, distract you from having to think, and make it easier for you to forget reality. Drowning out the thoughts and emotions you find uncomfortable or overwhelming can complicate your issues because it allows them to fester. By tuning out noise and relishing silence, you create the space to experience and express what you are hiding. It is only then that self-exploration can begin in earnest and you can stare down frightening issues. In silence, it becomes easier to let your strongest feelings come forth, deal with them, and find new ways of resolving your problems.
When you go within without the veil of noise to shield you from yourself, you’ll be able to figure out what you need to heal. Embracing silence and introspection allows you to work through your thoughts and emotions and transmute them. Free of the need for noise, you can accept your pain, anger, and frustration as they come up and turn them into opportunities to evolve.
Peace.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Ripplin'
Okay, I promised it in December and now that it's the new year, I'm gonna explain what this term actually means to me...
Ripplin', as I call it, is simply put, throwing a stone in a still, metaphorical, pond and watching the ripples go out and return to you. A simple, human gesture of kindness goes a long way. Take for example...
A lady at Sonny's Convenience Store was short $.25 for a pack of smokes. She was trying to explain, that if another clerk was there, he'd front them to her
and she'd pay him back when she had the money. I'm listening to the story play out, the whole time I'm searching my pockets for a quarter. I came up with 2 dimes and a nickel and quietly put them on the counter in front of her. She quickly turned around and exclaimed, 'Now I owe you a quarter!' I assured her, she didn't owe me a thing. I told her to pay it forward. Do something nice for another stranger. I told her, that quarter would come back to me and maybe, if my luck held out, doubled, as what I had given her. She looked bewildered, but thanked me and left the store. The guy behind the counter told me I was a very smart and nice man. I think that had to be the greatest compliment I've been given in a long time. Well, that quarter immediately came back to me when the clerk knocked 50 cents off my purchase. With a smile, he told me to have a blessed evening. At that moment, I knew the Goddess blessed me.
Another exanple...I was walking up the stairs of the Sheridan EL stop when I saw an elderly lady, behind me, struggling with her roller board getting it up the stairs. I walked back down the stairs, took her board and asked her to allow me. I walked very slowly up the stairs so she could keep up and when we reached the top and she seemed to be settled, but all of a sudden she looked very confused and disoriented. Then she said, 'Oh hun, I've made a terrible mistake. I'm supposed to be on the other side, going the other way!' She started to blush of embarressment as she spoke. I let go a boisterous laugh and I told her, 'Darlin' don't worry, I make the same mistake all the time. She smiled and told me, as the train was pulling up, for me to go on, that she could manage. I told her I wouldn't hear of it and there would always be another train. I picked up her bag and down the stairs we went, off to the other side. Once I saw she was all right, poof! She turned to say something to me, but I had already disappeared. When I returned to the other side, another train was pulling up for me and her train was already there. You can't imagine the wonderous feeling I got from that simple random act of kindness! This is the 2nd example of many ways of how I ripple throughout everyday of my life now.
The point is, I'm not writing all this to brag or be complimented by my readers, it's just to explain what I love to do the most. When I help out a stranger, the good feeling you give them is shown all over their faces. In turn, I get a very warm feeling inside me. I urge you to ry it yourself. You'll find that the waves you send out in that "pond" we call life, bounces off the opposing walls and returns to you many times over. Try it and see what happens.
Another good thing about this is, you hope that ripple is carried out, and it keeps going. Bouncing off wall after wall, person after person. I hope and pray that what I send out, keeps going. Paying forward. You do something nice for someone, randomly, and that person does something nice for someone else, and so on and so on.
Life is like a pond, so cause as many ripples as you can. You'll be surprised how many come back. Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Peace!
Ripplin', as I call it, is simply put, throwing a stone in a still, metaphorical, pond and watching the ripples go out and return to you. A simple, human gesture of kindness goes a long way. Take for example...
A lady at Sonny's Convenience Store was short $.25 for a pack of smokes. She was trying to explain, that if another clerk was there, he'd front them to her
and she'd pay him back when she had the money. I'm listening to the story play out, the whole time I'm searching my pockets for a quarter. I came up with 2 dimes and a nickel and quietly put them on the counter in front of her. She quickly turned around and exclaimed, 'Now I owe you a quarter!' I assured her, she didn't owe me a thing. I told her to pay it forward. Do something nice for another stranger. I told her, that quarter would come back to me and maybe, if my luck held out, doubled, as what I had given her. She looked bewildered, but thanked me and left the store. The guy behind the counter told me I was a very smart and nice man. I think that had to be the greatest compliment I've been given in a long time. Well, that quarter immediately came back to me when the clerk knocked 50 cents off my purchase. With a smile, he told me to have a blessed evening. At that moment, I knew the Goddess blessed me.Another exanple...I was walking up the stairs of the Sheridan EL stop when I saw an elderly lady, behind me, struggling with her roller board getting it up the stairs. I walked back down the stairs, took her board and asked her to allow me. I walked very slowly up the stairs so she could keep up and when we reached the top and she seemed to be settled, but all of a sudden she looked very confused and disoriented. Then she said, 'Oh hun, I've made a terrible mistake. I'm supposed to be on the other side, going the other way!' She started to blush of embarressment as she spoke. I let go a boisterous laugh and I told her, 'Darlin' don't worry, I make the same mistake all the time. She smiled and told me, as the train was pulling up, for me to go on, that she could manage. I told her I wouldn't hear of it and there would always be another train. I picked up her bag and down the stairs we went, off to the other side. Once I saw she was all right, poof! She turned to say something to me, but I had already disappeared. When I returned to the other side, another train was pulling up for me and her train was already there. You can't imagine the wonderous feeling I got from that simple random act of kindness! This is the 2nd example of many ways of how I ripple throughout everyday of my life now.
The point is, I'm not writing all this to brag or be complimented by my readers, it's just to explain what I love to do the most. When I help out a stranger, the good feeling you give them is shown all over their faces. In turn, I get a very warm feeling inside me. I urge you to ry it yourself. You'll find that the waves you send out in that "pond" we call life, bounces off the opposing walls and returns to you many times over. Try it and see what happens.
Another good thing about this is, you hope that ripple is carried out, and it keeps going. Bouncing off wall after wall, person after person. I hope and pray that what I send out, keeps going. Paying forward. You do something nice for someone, randomly, and that person does something nice for someone else, and so on and so on.
Life is like a pond, so cause as many ripples as you can. You'll be surprised how many come back. Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Peace!
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