I wonder if the time to slow down responses to triggers which might activate decisions is a natural step in growth.Surely maintaining the state of high alert needed to continually make decisions eventually begins to wear us down.I come from a background of being a doctor when the day was made up of constant decision making.When I stopped, I was finally able to see beauty in the world and experience a the wonderful coccooning effect of words.Everyones experience is of course different but I would advocate sitting on the fence a bit and listening to birdsong.
Thank you for your beautiful comment, Carol. I love the idea of sitting on the fence and listening to birdsong. I agree we do need a period of reflection. The problem is some of us end up in freeze - not able to move forwards and this is painful and self-sabotaging, from my experience. It comes down to balance, I guess - enough time on the fence to hear the birds and know our truth, without staying there until the fence crumbles beneath us.
I wonder if the time to slow down responses to triggers which might activate decisions is a natural step in growth.Surely maintaining the state of high alert needed to continually make decisions eventually begins to wear us down.I come from a background of being a doctor when the day was made up of constant decision making.When I stopped, I was finally able to see beauty in the world and experience a the wonderful coccooning effect of words.Everyones experience is of course different but I would advocate sitting on the fence a bit and listening to birdsong.
Thank you for your beautiful comment, Carol. I love the idea of sitting on the fence and listening to birdsong. I agree we do need a period of reflection. The problem is some of us end up in freeze - not able to move forwards and this is painful and self-sabotaging, from my experience. It comes down to balance, I guess - enough time on the fence to hear the birds and know our truth, without staying there until the fence crumbles beneath us.
The last question is a hard one when you’re not sure there is an answer to it