50 WORDS
Eye of the Storm
Thrifty Words Theme Challenge #17: Stimulus
His brain is a constant whirl of thoughts. Like an over-stimulated child, he stands bewildered in the eye of the storm.
Even though his hands are already full, he grabs desperately at the thoughts as they whip around him. Finally, collapsing exhausted to sleep fetus like, before it begins again.
I have come to learn that there is nothing wrong with my brain, that this incessant thought generating machine is operating as per design. I have just been trying to use it wrong. I should have read the manual… oh right there isn’t one!
As far as I can tell you are not supposed to stand in the centre and try and grab all the thoughts as they whip by. Rather stand to one side and just watch the raging storm. Picking and choosing the thoughts you engage with carefully. Never ignoring the thoughts but also not letting them distract you from your focus.
Regular meditation has been the key for me to be able to step out of the storm and try to observe my thoughts without engaging or judging them. If you feel like you are trapped in the centre of your own thought storm, then I would recommend starting meditation via one of the many apps like Headspace.
This video does a pretty good job of describing meditation.
Thank you to Jonica Bradley for this week’s prompt.
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