I was working with a client and we were keeping it simple.
I love simplicity. It’s where it’s at. Syd Banks said:
“Look for simplicity. Simplicity always holds the key you’re looking for. And that key… it opens the door to wisdom.”
I agree with Syd!
Because when we pare away all the complexity us humans have manufactured, life is very simple and very beautiful.
Take feeling low, for instance.
We can misinterpret that signal and go digging around in our thinking to figure out why we’re feeling low, how to stop feeling low and what to do about it…
…and that tends to make matters worse.
No, keep it simple.
Which is a signal to step back. Breathe. Check back in with reality (i.e. the Now).
You don’t need to go digging around in there, or trying to fix stuff.
Keep it simple.
It’s a bit like the macOS SyncServices folder.
Back in the day, when I did a bit of Tech Support on the side, I used to listen to the Mac Geek Gab podcast, to stay up to date with all things Mac.
And they used to say that no matter how many years you’ve been doing tech support with Macs, and no matter how much of a Mac pro you think you are, you NEVER go in the macOS SyncServices folder and you NEVER attempt to do anything in there, to fix a problem.
EVER.
“Imagine there’s a swarm of bees in there,” they used to say.
🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝
It’s really stuck with me.
So next time you get a feeling of heaviness, constriction, rushing, or fear… don’t be tempted to think about that, understand it, figure it out or try and do something to fix it.
Because that’s BEES. 🐝
No judgement, no comparison, no nothing, alright?
It's all BEES. 🐝
It’s your thought system, running like clockwork, doing everything as it should.
❤️ 📦 ❤️
It’s gently reminding you that you’ve slipped out of reality and up into a story in your head.
But if you lift the lid on it, you’ll let the bees out.
🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝
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Giles
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