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and celebrate who you areChallenge Thinking
Every day you move forward with your mind
and your body shuffles along...
Every moment that you decide to be here with us
you are making an active choice to be a part of all of this
whatever this is
and every day you know just a little more than the day before
so you can move forward
and every day you get closer
to knowing more about
what it is that you want
which is something you don’t know about as much as you
would like
and that is the story of your experience
now you will not know what is coming next
and predictions about what is to come will only
get you so far
but you can be rest assured that
what is coming
will involve you
and will most certainly be
something you never could have imagined
thinking can make it feel as if you are in complete control
and thinking can also make it feel as if you have no control at all
excessive thinking can turn
into worry or
rumination
rumination can worsen and lead to stress and
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Thinking is weird
we still only know very little about how the mind
works
now for the most part thinking is a normal
part of you
it is something that has always been with you
it is as if you have had your
own personal musician
following you around since you
were young
playing tunes
in the background of your experience
and thinking can be more debilitating
depending on what you are going through
and how you are feeling
you can try to bring your thinking under your control by force
but that is like trying to stop the flow of water from an exploding fire hydrant
thinking can even make it feel like you
are a prisoner of your own
reality
when this happens it
can feel like the world is
closing in on you
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and it can feel like you
are losing control
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it is like that slipping feeling
you get from missing a step
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some times those
feelings can really stay with
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that's not a head space
that anyone
wants to be in
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especially not you!
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one way you can guard against excessive
thinking and worry is to practice mindfulness
mindfulness is about living every single
moment
as if it were a moment that you had a responsibility to be in...
mindfulness can help you to be more aware
of yourself
and help you in challenging negative
thoughts
so that your brain is not fried from stress
it is one thing to know about the benefits of mindfulness
it can be quite another thing to actually practice
it in your day to day
this is because sometimes you can get really stuck in negative thinking patterns
your mind can become fixated on what is behind
you
or obsess over what is to come
excessive thinking
over what you cannot control can quickly get out of hand
or even turn into
something ugly
your experience of reality shifts based on
your perception
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thinking can shrink your perception
if you ruminate for long enough you may even start to anticipate negative outcomes
and it can feel like everything is out to get you
but you can challenge your thoughts
and escape negative thinking patterns you find yourself stuck in
It is necessary if you want to move forward
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and if you are suffering from mental illness
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it can be particularly difficult for you to challenge your
thoughts
but no one else can do
what you do
So please be kind to yourself
You must be your own champion
and do good things for yourself
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whatever that may mean for you
You see
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You are an intricate pattern
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like a dance of colors on the surface of a glass pane
in every moment you are a completely different pattern than in the moment previous
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literally your bodily organs, fluids and processes are in
a continual state of flux
and boy ; that mind of yours
is it ever moving
The only constant is
change
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You have a great journey
ahead
and really you've only just started to get to the bottom
of this thing called life
Step forward with confidence
The time is now to
celebrate the unique
pattern that makes
you...well YOU