Tooling along the Mass Pike, my new “Spring, Finally” playlist cranking away, I settled easily into the four hour drive to NY today. There wasn’t a lot of traffic to deal with so my thoughts were able to soar along with the music.
Did you ever find yourself amid a swirl of thoughts and all of a sudden you focused on something and the thoughts just seemed to fall way? What if you were thinking about money and bills and you focus and voila! the dollar signs fade away? Or maybe it’s a family problem, or maybe a home maintenance problem, or a child or a relationship problem, and you focus and it’s gone.
Lately this has been my MO and it’s been extremely effective. As soon as those thoughts creep in, the ones that cause the fear to rise up and take hold in my stomach and chest, I raise my eyes and look up slightly. I visualize kind of a light and just say, “This, too, God, is in your hands.” The circumstances fall away and I feel light, at peace, without fear.
Today on that spring playlist, a song I heard months ago and had completely forgotten was on it, came on. It described those very scenarios. It described the problems falling way as becoming “strangely dim”. I love that phrase. That’s it exactly. Remember who’s really in charge and all else becomes “strangely dim”. The song is entitled Strangely Dim by Francesca Batisstelli. Give it a listen.
And so, as another day goes by, focus and let all become strangely dim, and…I have written.
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