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Obstacles/Problems/Pain Contraction or Expansion Exhaustion or Inspiration 86400 seconds a day Hmmm, how's it going to be spent? Difficulties are about what we care about Our thoughts are a tool Mind hates to be present Evolved to keep us safe My thoughts, my fears, my past experience pasted to my face Covering my eyes so they are all I can see, While my dogs and cats The fish the birds they are all laughing at me. Self is contact Self is content Swimming in a sea of thoughts Emotional weather always changing Tug of war, to and fro, trying to make the anxiety go If I spend my 86400 seconds a day trying to make the pain go away No time               to live my life "Pain is inevitable Suffering is optional " Showing up for my awareness If I'm not living my life I'm living my fear Old life Old values Living the life I care about now Compassion for others Self compassion Feelings and thoughts are like the weather and The wind it just blows everywhere.
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Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018 at 4:38 PM UTC
Emotional Weather
Obstacles/Problems/Pain Contraction or Expansion Exhaustion or Inspiration 86400 seconds a day Hmmm, how's it going to be spent? Difficulties are about what we care about Our thoughts are a tool Mind hates to be present Evolved to keep us safe My thoughts, my fears, my past experience pasted to my face Covering my eyes so they are all I can see, While my dogs and cats The fish the birds they are all laughing at me. Self is contact Self is content Swimming in a sea of thoughts Emotional weather always changing Tug of war, to and fro, trying to make the anxiety go If I spend my 86400 seconds a day trying to make the pain go away No time               to live my life "Pain is inevitable Suffering is optional " Showing up for my awareness If I'm not living my life I'm living my fear Old life Old values Living the life I care about now Compassion for others Self compassion Feelings and thoughts are like the weather and The wind it just blows everywhere.
"Pain is inevitable..." has been attributed to Buddha, however the minimal research I did says he never said that and it appears to be from A.A. This poem is based on the concepts of Acceptance Commitment Therapy. Many thanks for the language and inspiration to John and Jamie Forsyth.
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Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018 at 4:38 PM UTC
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