I’ve recently returned from a fantastic trip to Cape Town – my second home. This pic was taken from the airplane above the clouds, and it got me thinking about how different life can look from this perspective!
Thoughts are like clouds
I often use clouds as a metaphor to describe the nature of thought in my work.
Thoughts can seem so real at times, especially when people are feeling stressed, or stirred up in their thinking. But much like the weather and clouds, all thought is constantly changing, and will pass through if left alone. When people start to see just how transient and fluid thought really is, and that new, fresh thought is always available to them, they more quickly fall out of their thinking and into a calmer state of mind.
Bigger world beyond our personal thinking
I’ve also come to see that there’s a much bigger world beyond our own personal thinking. On the ground, it’s so easy to get caught up in the day to day minutiae of life. But when I’m on a flight, looking out at the vastness of the sky, nothing to do and nowhere to get to, I get a greater feeling of space and freedom of mind. It’s like the sky represents the infinite nature and potential of life. And from that perspective, it makes no more sense to get attached to or caught up in a particular thought, than it does to rail at a particular cloud passing by!
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That’s it for today. I’m spending Easter with my family, and looking forward to the warmer weather here in the UK. Whatever you’re doing, I hope you have a lovely long weekend too.
All the best for now
Tamsin