One Day at a Time in Al-Anon:
Here is another Al-Anon prescription for that frantic state of tension we call being “tied in knots.”
Just for the moment, empty your mind of all thought. Then admit to it one single idea, and concentrate on it for a whole minute. Let it be a simple thing you can make a picture of in your mind — a rose of a specific color, an empty bowl you imagine yourself filling with bright fruit; a tiny sliver of a new moon. Think of nothing else but that one thing and don’t let anything else intrude. The minute will seem like an hour, but at the end of this concentrated thought, the tension and confusion will have drained away, and you’ll be better able to cope with the present problem.
Today’s Reminder:
Troubles grow bigger as we spend more and more time thinking about them. I will interrupt such thoughts with a meditation whenever their weight is too much for me. It will calm my thinking and put my difficulty into proper focus.
“Meditation is the spiritual way to turn my thoughts away from whatever is troubling me. It is a lift, a refreshment.”