The first link in the chain from changing your thinking to changing your world is awareness. Einstein's thinking changed our world. You may not have considered this, but your thinking ALSO affects the world.
Your thoughts create your world — what's possible, what's not — and like a pebble tossed into a pond, they ripple into the world around you. How can you harness the power of your thinking by putting pen to paper?
The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking. Albert Einstein
I sit at my desk as the blank page stares at me, pen poised, thoughts racing. How to make sense of my brain rumblings? My thoughts race toward the edge of a cliff. The certainty of an impending nose dive into the unfathomable looms before me. Adrenalin races through my body like a lethal drug — pounding my senses, wracking my body and seeking release. It's a Wile E Coyote moment — no matter how cleverly I navigate, the boulder intended for Road Runner is going to plaster ME.
How do I capture my thoughts swirling like the kaleidoscopic mind of a kid in a carnival, alternately reveling in the ferris wheel, the haunted house and cotton candy? It's in moments like these that the sound of paper can be the music to soothe the savage beast.
How to Start a Writing Practice
Words are a snapshot in time. Like browsing through your family album, they capture and reveal your essence. Writing exposes the sweet, nectar-like core of your being with it's vulnerable, sheer intimacy. It calls forth your full engagement. The naked self parades across a sun drenched room, baring it's magnificent splendor for all to see. As in the post-coital cigarette moment in classic movies, words released from their chaotic mind-trapped state lead us to sweet, satiated moments of awareness.
A writing practice will help you glean these treasures. Try this:
- Keep a pen and journal by your nightstand.
- Start writing when you awaken, as little as 5 minutes or as much as you like. Don't judge a thing, just do a brain dump and release what wants to show up on the page.
- At the end of your writing, acknowledge three things in your life that you are grateful for. Shifting your awareness from what's not working to what IS working will create miracles in your life. Gratitude is a manifestation tool.
- Keep a pad with you at all times. Inspiration will pop up at the most unexpected moments. Capture it!
I write every morning and throughout the day. Afterwards, sitting quietly, I relish my peaceful breath and savor the scrumptious silence.
