tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post2309024323628011555..comments2024-02-22T04:07:33.179-05:00Comments on Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway: The Mind as a TrainKeith "Nurse Keith" Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581947410641941224noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-47191923094362186322009-08-12T22:48:57.025-04:002009-08-12T22:48:57.025-04:00I took a mindfulness class last summer. The first...I took a mindfulness class last summer. The first day I thought, "What on earth am I doing here?" but by the end I had learned some valuable lessons.<br /><br />I am constantly in motion. Fidgety. My mind isn't quiet so my body isn't either, I guess. It made it very difficult to sit still in a room of people that were also sitting still! Eyes closed? Nothing to look at? No noises to focus on... it was very very hard for me to do.<br /><br />Even I was able to tap in to some sweet spot in my mind. It didn't happen until the very last sessions, but it did happen and it was an amazing feeling.<br /><br />I've never tried to get there again since the classes ended. Always something "better" to do, you know.<br /><br />Anyway, the thing that finally did it for me was to imagine myself sitting in front of a window, just watching my thoughts go by as though they had been caught in the wind.<br /><br />They also suggested watching your thoughts go by as though they were floating down a stream, but I could never imagine that as well as the window. They basically taught us that we should accept any thought that comes to us and then just let it float away, that we were to be bystanders and not actively think of anything - just let the thoughts come to us.<br /><br />I ended up finding the whole thing very interesting and helpful overall.geenahttp://www.codeblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-78566911385600483652009-07-27T21:02:25.490-04:002009-07-27T21:02:25.490-04:00Thanks for commenting, Caterina.
We are in the p...Thanks for commenting, Caterina. <br /><br />We are in the process of radical changes. We are ready to leave cold and wet New England. For health reasons, we need to find a warmer and sunnier climate where we will be happier and healthier, and where we can thrive. <br /><br />I know that it is a risk, but with our health it is riskier to stay here where we are unhappy than to go off into an uncertain future in search of more joy and health. It is a calculated risk, and we will use the profits from the sale of our house to start a new life elsewhere. <br /><br />We have plans for making money on the road, including but not limited to my working as a travel nurse as needed. <br /><br />Yes, we are doing what many choose not to do, but we are also letting go of the trappings of a house and the expenses therein. It is, as I said, a calculated risk, and I will be keeping my readers up to date on how that risk manifests in the real world. <br /><br />Thanks for writing!Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581947410641941224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-30592489922686408932009-07-27T21:02:23.806-04:002009-07-27T21:02:23.806-04:00Thanks for commenting, Caterina.
We are in the p...Thanks for commenting, Caterina. <br /><br />We are in the process of radical changes. We are ready to leave cold and wet New England. For health reasons, we need to find a warmer and sunnier climate where we will be happier and healthier, and where we can thrive. <br /><br />I know that it is a risk, but with our health it is riskier to stay here where we are unhappy than to go off into an uncertain future in search of more joy and health. It is a calculated risk, and we will use the profits from the sale of our house to start a new life elsewhere. <br /><br />We have plans for making money on the road, including but not limited to my working as a travel nurse as needed. <br /><br />Yes, we are doing what many choose not to do, but we are also letting go of the trappings of a house and the expenses therein. It is, as I said, a calculated risk, and I will be keeping my readers up to date on how that risk manifests in the real world. <br /><br />Thanks for writing!Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581947410641941224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-81820280532949078132009-07-27T17:02:21.573-04:002009-07-27T17:02:21.573-04:00Wow - lots of changes- may I ask why you and your ...Wow - lots of changes- may I ask why you and your wife are making so many drastic changes under this tough economy?<br />You are quitting your jobs! so many are looking for one - what's next for both of you? <br /><br />BTW - this is Caterina from ATLa Petite Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645040454647157780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-5911459720082205372009-07-15T21:04:20.603-04:002009-07-15T21:04:20.603-04:00Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the kind th...Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the kind thoughts, Jim!Keith "Nurse Keith" Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581947410641941224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-18084880049965662362009-07-14T16:57:46.341-04:002009-07-14T16:57:46.341-04:00I can relate...I have "pain" too. (the q...I can relate...I have "pain" too. (the quotes indicate there are various kinds of pain).. but, here's the thought I wanted to pass along for your consideration:<br /><br />All nature is but art<br /> unknown to thee,<br />All chance, direction<br /> which thou canst not see;<br />All discord, harmony<br /> not understood;<br />All partial evil,<br /> universal good;<br />And, spite of pride,<br /> in erring reason's spite,<br />One truth is clear,<br />Whatever is, is right.<br /><br /> - Alexander Pope<br /><br />Don't forget the wisdom in accepting that which you can not change.<br /><br />Peace.<br />- JimJim Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06831601977574550804noreply@blogger.com