Coming and Going

A Swami shared the following truth.
“Do you have any control of the birds that fly over your head? No.
But you do have control over the birds that want to land on your head and make a nest.”
The same is true with thoughts.
By writing, we become more aware of our power to acknowledge, choose or refuse the thoughts that come and go in our minds.
We usually react to persistent thoughts with our attention. The negative ones, as if they were gnats, will fly around in our minds and wear down our best intentions to rid ourselves of them. We get annoyed and want relief. We want them to go away, but they don’t. We could get angry, or we could accept that perhaps they are our responsibility, that we created them, and we need to change them, to understand what they are, and give them our attention and the benefit of our creative heartfelt generosity.