Mind, Your Friend or Foe?

When I write these posts, there is an inner resistance which I face these days.

Sometimes I feel like giving up, I don’t feel like writing, there seems to be no motivation but then I force myself.

Tiredness seem to embrace my mind, and my mind seem to relish its companionship.   Both seem to enjoy each other and then I try to come in between. My mind gives me all kind of reasons not to write, it tells who cares when I write, it speaks I can afford not to write, it forces me to relax, but then, I disassociate myself with it, as my friend suggests.

I chuckle when my mind says that it can write no more, I tell my mind, to help me more in accomplishing my today’s writing goals.

Just with little practice, though it took a lot of time, I now tell it what to do, when to stop and what kind of thoughts to produce.

I learnt it a hard way, though, how to say ‘No’ to my mind. Believe me it was not that easy. When you are very accommodating, when you know you can do the things, when you know you have required skills to complete the tasks, but for the best of the work, sometimes, you have to put your foot down and then learn to say no to your own mind.

But saying no with grace is important.

To learn to say yes to the things that matter most and to say no to things that might not be that important is your call. We do so many things in an autopilot mode, because we are addicted to them to an extent and as a compulsion we do them. It is important for us, then to understand, when to say no, to whom, why and how.

Now, instead of being driven by the mind, drive it the way it should and utilise its full potential. Mind is your best of buddy and might turn anytime into a foe, it is you who need to decide, how to keep it into its choicest role.

I am working on my mind, hope you too are working on your own.