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When my thoughts are spinning - How I can free myself from my own thought swamp

When my thoughts are spinning

 

There are times

during which my thoughts

only spin around in a circle.

 

Bad thoughts,

unwholesome “what is when“ scenarios,

overblown “what if“ thinking.

 

The whole time

I cannot think of anything good.

And with every spinning thought

I dig myself deeper and deeper

into my own worries.

Day in and day out

I cannot be thinking

of anything else

but my worries and troubles.

 

My everyday life

is almost paralyzed.

I cannot find joy in anything.

No distraction

is of interest to me.

 

I want to be alone,

sulking about my fate.

But exactly that

is a big mistake

because that only causes me

to be stuck more and more.

 

I cannot hinder bad thoughts

from coming into my head,

but I can fight them

instead of brooding upon them.

 

If I cannot change a situation

I must accept it.

When all the fighting against it

is not doing any good,

then I have to put up

with the situation.

 

I want to learn

to stay patient while waiting

and remain good to myself.

I want to learn

to enjoy life

even when I have not reached

all goals.

 

When I cannot change something,

I then no longer want to be

depressed about it

and stick my head in the sand,

but look at what else I can do instead.

 

When my thoughts are spinning,

then I want to be the first

to put a stop to it.

 

When worries grow over my head,

then I do not want to

feed them any longer

by giving them time and attention.

 

I do not want to ruin my life

by worries and troubles.

What comes to me

from the outside

is bad enough.

I do not need to destroy myself

from the inside any more.

 

I want to change

my own attitude!

 


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Proverbs 4:23 (The Israel Bible)

More than all that you guard, guard your mind, For it is the source of life.

 

Pirkei Avot 2:1

Small, consistent ethical deeds transform character.

 

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