I am happy to introduce another guest poster today. Ruth LaDart has been keeping a family blog for several years. She is also an incredibly talented artist with a needle and thread and recently started sharing her handmade children's blankets that she designs at snuglyfriends.blogspot.com. Ruth is my sister and the first person I turned to for advice when I decided to enter the blogosphere. I am deeply appreciative of her continued support and willingness to share in my journey.
When I quiet my mind, I see things with more clarity
I was excited and immediately anxious when asked to write a guest post. My mind has been a disorganized mess trying to extract an affirmation. The more I thought about affirmations, the more I doubted I had anything substantial to offer.
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I struggle with indecisiveness. Even when I make a choice, I often find the doubt creeping in that I could have made a better call, or I should have gone in a different direction. If you could see my mind it would resemble a tornado; a dizzy, churning mess. It's no wonder I hesitate with decisions, especially when my thoughts are all over the place.
When my mind is focused on a task and it slows down a bit, I have a much different viewpoint. Sitting today and sewing, my affirmation came to me, and rather than change my mind a dozen different times (which I had up to that point) I knew I struck the issue I needed to address.
Sitting and talking with Clair yesterday, we commented on how uncomplicated a young person's mind works. There aren't years of catalogs that muddle their heads and bamboozle their thoughts. While my mind may not process things as minimally as a child's does, I can slow it down by focusing on what's at hand. When I focus on one thing at a time, the other thoughts swirling in my head are quieted. I am my best for myself and others when my mind is clear and free from unrelated distractions.
I will take time to quiet my mind and focus on things independently.
