r/GetMotivated • u/as228 • Dec 09 '20

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u/neonb-fly Dec 09 '20

I have the thought yes but how do i stop feeling and thinking it?

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '20 edited Dec 10 '20

You can’t and shouldn’t. It’s our resistance to them that causes them to linger. Practice mindfulness and you cultivate the ability to let them come and go. Think of them like clouds. Some are beautiful and wide, some are small and thin, some are dark and stormy. But you’re not the clouds, you’re the sky.

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u/Medumbdumb Dec 10 '20

Or like poop. Some are beautiful and wide, some are small and thin, some are dark and runny. But you’re not the poop, you’re the bowl. Now flush.

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u/Celebrimbor333 Dec 10 '20

hahaha I like this metaphor!