Hmmmmmmmmmm.....I was just thinking, what if I became famous for writing about what I was thinking about? Pretty neat, eh? I always pictured myself being interviewed one day on the 'Today' show by Matt or Meredith or (heaven do I even dream) of being on the Oprah Show......but I digress......
Well, it just so happens that I came up with an idea for 'Gommy's Goodies' about two years ago. I originally thought it would be the working title for a food oriented venture, but it turns out the Universe gave me this forum to use instead. It can still be full of Gommy's Goodies, but they won't all necessarily be food related.
I have learned quite a lot in my oh so many years in this 'classroom' of life that I can share with any generation that may come across my blog. I can help with advice about babies because I have been a baby, had babies and now have grand-babies; I can help with advice to teens because I have been a teen, yeah, yeah- many moons ago, but still a teen, I have raised teens and I work with teens even now at a candy store; I can help with food recipes for newly married couples and explain how to cook them in easy, understandable language because heaven knows I have surely cooked my share of meals over the years; I can help with any questions senior citizens may have about the gap between them and the rest of the world because I am a senior citizen now and I am venturing between several generations each day myself. Have I left any generations out??? Hope not.....
For today, I think I'll stick to the ego related 'crazy-talk'.....If anyone out there in "Ether-land" is having a hard time with something and you think you are going crazy....every time you start going down the "oh no......" road, stop and listen to your crazy-talk and call it out....say to it "Oh it's you again." and just by doing that one thing, it shines a light on 'it' and brings your attention away from the 'crazy-talk'. Then just breath....sounds too simple doesn't it? But if you just realize that no amount of listening to that bunch of bunk in your head is going to change anything, you may as well think about something more enjoyable. As my Grandma used to say, "It'll all come out in the wash." What she meant was, things have a way of working out and no amount of worrying will change anything, so try to focus on things that make you feel good, i.e. a nice memory from your childhood, a good piece of pizza, a favorite song, your first kiss, your first child or any of your children or grandchildren. There are many things you can think of that are comfy-cozy thoughts so close your eyes and enjoy.
I have always said that I am a 'font of useless information' but it may just be that it isn't useless after all......So here goes............I was thinking.......what if we are all really here as an experiment? Even if you aren't religious, you have had to wonder from time to time, where did we come from and why are we here?....It has taken me all these many years to even search these thoughts for myself. I guess I was just wandering along in the 'school of life hallway' and letting life take me along on a variety of field trips. Some of them have been wonderful...others, not so much. But recently I have begun to seek out some of the answers to some of these questions. I have been wonderfully surprised by some great awakenings brought about by this wondrous thing called the Internet. I think it may just be God, or the Universe if you are more comfortable with that term, that is reaching out to us to give us a cheat-sheet of things to come. I think God (the Universe) is getting tired of waiting for 'us' to wake up and smell the roses, the coffee, the salty smell of the sea, etc. and all that he (being) has given to us. We seem to continually fight with each other - either in our own families or the world in general. We are so tied up in being 'right' that we keep ourselves from being 'happy'. I feel we as humans, are just a bunch of spoiled brats that don't appreciate a good thing (or the many good things) we have, when they are staring us in the face. Even our politics are skewed and screwed up anymore. Everyone can't be right all the time, can they? Each party blames the other one for the last tenure of office. All that matters is what can we all do now? It doesn't matter how we got here, just how do we get on with it, for crying out loud.....(another Grandma-ism).
I first became aware of my own 'crazy self-talk' when I heard about Eckhart Tolles' book
"A New Earth" on the Oprah Show. Yep, I'm an Oprah-ite.....but who isn't? If you aren't on Oprah's' bandwagon, you have missed the train...... Anyway, I started to wonder why didn't I ever think about the 'talk' I was continually giving myself inside my own head every waking moment of every single day of my life up to that point? Was I the only one who didn't realize 'I ' was telling 'me' terrible things about 'us'????? Just by telling 'myself' not to listen to 'me' gave me the greatest relief. The first sense that I was feeling better about me was that I started to actually fall asleep easily at night, just like a baby does. And this was in the midst of a time that I was going bankrupt and losing 'everything' that I 'thought' was important in life. I had asked God to take over because I had sure made a mess of things. "Ask, believe, receive". God answered....More about that in a later blog.
Simplicity is the real secret. You don't have to prove your self worth by what you wear or drive or live in. We are all just ordinary people with different circumstances. And those circumstances can change at any time. You are reading words from the "Poster Girl of Changing Circumstances". You have to know your own self worth in your heart, your gut and in your 'crazy-talk head". Going back to the 'crazy-talk', close your eyes and try not to think.....hard isn't it? What are you saying to yourself? Who is saying it? If you don't have much respect for yourself, then why are you listening to you? Gotcha......Then there are those others at the other end of the spectrum who think WAY too much of themselves.....They are the arrogant, smug and obnoxious ones that don't have any regard for anyone but themselves. I wonder what they are saying in their 'crazy-talk'? So for today, my 'homework' for anyone reading this is to take it easy on yourself. It will 'all come out in the wash'. Try to think of another time in your life when you thought all was lost......well, you are still here now aren't you? Gotcha! Well, that is it for my very first blog. Hope to meet back here real soon.
Hugs, Gommy Shirlee ((*.*))
