tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259987174286806588.post5122390344920048258..comments2023-05-08T03:41:41.407-06:00Comments on Departed Gray Matter: Okay, so they broke it...Yarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613466446966050404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259987174286806588.post-59358521100242460402008-09-28T17:54:00.000-06:002008-09-28T17:54:00.000-06:00Believe me I know. I did the same thing. Constan...Believe me I know. I did the same thing. Constantly rehashing things in my head over and over and over. That is hell, you know. That's where most of us stay trapped....I rehhased everything in my head over and over and over. Thought I was such an elevated thinker. So insightful. Actually what I finally recognized only recently - I was trapped in that. I learned that I was NOT that voice in my head. That tape that plays over and over and over. I was wired exactly the same way you are - still am actually.eaprezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279554773021423000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259987174286806588.post-23063417947610345762008-09-21T15:52:00.000-06:002008-09-21T15:52:00.000-06:00Thank you. I understand the concept of living in t...Thank you. I understand the concept of living in the now. It is profoundly simple. However, I'm not particularly good at implementing this axiom. I have a mind that continually re-processes the past and supposes the future. My mind is like people who just can't keep from touching everything the pass on the shelves at the store. The fondle this and turn over that and maybe sniff the object in their hands before setting it down again a moment or two later. Then they pick up, or squeeze or merely touch the next object that catches their eye.<BR/><BR/>My mind is like that. I just can't leave things alone. So it's very difficult to merely live in the now for me. It makes a lot of sense to do so. That is, unless you are a torture victim.Yarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613466446966050404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259987174286806588.post-55023045397239837322008-09-21T14:43:00.000-06:002008-09-21T14:43:00.000-06:00very well written.the biggest lesson i have learne...very well written.<BR/><BR/>the biggest lesson i have learned over the years is a very simple one and one that many people don't understand or know how to tap into and that is to 'stay in the moment' - because the present moment is all you really have. you can't change the past and you don't know what the future is - all you have is NOW so I try really hard to stay focused on that and not be to distressed over what may or may not happen. That's where I get my strength.eaprezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279554773021423000noreply@blogger.com