Saturday, January 11, 2014

896 NGUOUY Part 60 ONE MISSING DETAIL CAN BLOCK THE MIND FROM CONSIDERING THE MERITS OF A PURE AND SIMPLE PLAN

Interesting to note:
My plans work when I remember to include my needs
And when I don't, they don't either

My spirit soars pretty naturally, so, when it flies at half mast
I ask intuition to whisper of that which I'm missing in hopes of
Revitalizing my spirit to lift as naturally as before …

Generally when my spirit flies at half mast
That's due to having experienced
A heartfelt sense of loss

For example ... What happens to the spirit if
The heart experiences a monumental sense of loss when
A person with whom you've shared every feeling, every thought
Is suddenly absent from your life?

Well, since I can't speak for you, here's what's true for me:
My spirit grieves with a sense of irreplaceable loss
And when my spirit grieves I need to give voice to
Honest emotion stirring within whether I receive an answer or not

Did you ever see the movie
The Lover in which
The woman gives voice to honest emotion
Fifty years too late?

Or how about that scene from Gone With The Wind when
Scarlett is in one room pining for Rhett
While he's in another, pining for her
But both allow a wall to separate them
Until it's too late to bridge the gap, which
In truth, does not stop either from yearning for the other
And neither knows the truth of that fact for this reason:
Neither his mind set nor hers musters the humility to
Recognize intuition pleading with both to
Put their heads together and come up with a simple plan that
Considers needs, all around

As soul mates, separating unnecessarily
Proves classic, universal and timeless
I vowed never to let that happen to me
And now you know why
I find a way to give voice to complex emotions stirring within

Seriously—novelists and film makers offer these story lines to us
In hopes that we'll gain insight into life and love before
It's too late to reconsider how best to close a gap
That seems necessary until
Calm, reflective thought, free of anxiety, proves otherwise 

In short, if intuition continues to suggest that
I've made a decision in good faith, which
Results in my heart grieving over irreplaceable loss
Then common sense suggests that my think tank may have
Overlooked a significant puzzle piece which
Would have resolved inner conflict
Thus offering my mind
The heartfelt gift of inner peace on both sides of the street

Each time intuition signals me to give voice to my grief
In order to reflect logically upon the truth of my mistaken decision
I offer the magic in my mind a second chance to
Come up with a logical plan that
Considers the needs of loved ones as well as my own
And as employing objective reflection has been true of my history
And as joy is an inside job
You can see how today's train of thought may create
A plan so pure and simple as to offer
Flagging spirits reason to soar more peacefully than
Had been possible when anxiety had
Filtered into my decision making process, originally  :)

Here's the thing:
At those times when anxiety creates mental tension
It's common for the human mind to make mistakes in judgement
And having learned that that fact has been scientifically proven true
I welcome the opportunity to reconsider a challenge which
May have a solution to which I'd been blind when
Inner tension had bent my sense of logic out of shape

You see, psychologically speaking, it's a proven fact
That during times of prolonged mental unrest
The brain's limbic system takes control over
Our thought processors
And once the limbic system is in control of the Neo Cortex
The smartest amongst us produce trains of thought, which are
Diverted toward running along one of three tracks:
Flight, flee or freeze

As all too few of us have learned to identify
Those times when 'fight, flee or freeze' has silently, spontaneously
Sidetracked the thought processor away from
Considering plans of action with
The thoroughness that proves necessary to
Solving an on-going dilemma, astutely
We mistakenly believe
No solution other than to flee the scene exists

Thank goodness, I've worked to identify and
Reflect over those times when my anxious (Limbic) reaction
Has quietly highjacked my thought processor's ability to
Brainstorm toward a viable plan of action, logically

Once I came to understand how silently the Limbic system
Undermines our thinking process away from logical solution seeking
I learned to place a high value upon hindsight, which
Offers me insight into developing the foresight necessary to
Create a simple plan that anxiety had
Blocked me from considering, originally

And now that today's post has pinpointed the reason why
I muster the humility to reflect over a decision which
May not have been as thoroughly thought through
As I'd originally believed, you can see why
I find it wise to reflect, again, after anxiety has passed

During moments of calm reflection I come to see why
My first thought may not have been my best thought
And that's most especially true when, upon second thought
Insight spotlights a pure and simple plan whereby
Needs are considered and met on both sides of the street
And if you have an insight that proves to reflect over
Today's train of thought even more deeply than mine ...
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