September 2012 – ALIVE AND CREAKING

Time to think

I spent this evening with good friends in a meditation group. I came late to meditating – always too busy doing stuff (usually work) to take time to think.

Since I became a Reiki healer I have taken more time to stop and reflect on all sorts of things – and sometimes nothing! Meditating is a great way to switch your brain off the day to day nonsense that we insist on filling it with, and instead focussing on random stuff that pops in to our consciousness.

Tonight we went on a guided walk in a forest and I found it immensely peaceful and energising at the same time. It’s brought me back to what I want to do with the rest of my life and restored some of the motivation that seemed to be drifting. Tomorrow I have much to do – and hope the motivation is still with me in the morning. Carpe Deum and all that jazz!

Am I morphing into my father?

Do you automatically turn into one of your parents when you are 65?

I’ve noticed lately that I seem to have developed a couple of habits that really annoyed me in my father. He used to walk around the house whistling tunelessly, in fact silently. More of a blowing than a whistling – and it was really irritating!

The other day I was with some friends and was getting cross about something when one of them said ‘We can tell you’re not happy because you’re sort of whistling silently’. I was mortified and am now totally paranoid when I suddenly notice that I am doing just that if I’m concentrating or doing something difficult.