Sometimes things happen around us that are great views into what goes on inside of us.
This last weekend I had a friend over, she was playing around on my pull-up bar that is in the doorway to the kitchen. It seemed as if she were struggling a bit, and then she said something like “this is hard I might hit my head”
My pull-up bar is at the top of the doorway between the hallway and the kitchen. Above it on the hallway side is a climbing board. If you were to stand facing into the kitchen and do a pull-up you would smack your head into the bottom edge of the climbing board. Which is exactly what she was doing.
I stopped and thought for a brief moment and said “let go, turn around and try it again” by standing facing away from the kitchen into the hallway, you won’t hit your head on the climbing board. Once she realized this, we both had a good laugh.
So what is this about?
She was so focused on not hitting her head, she couldn’t see anything else. All that she could see was that as she did a pull-up she would hit her head. She couldn’t see that there were choices, the choice to not hit her head. That taking a step back would give a different perspective, other choices.
I think that a lot of times we are so focused on not getting hurt, or trying to avoid pain, that this focus keeps us from seeing clearly, from seeing the bigger picture. Like maybe not hitting your head.
So maybe try letting go and standing somewhere else.
Just a thought…
“In the psychical sphere there are no facts, but only interpretations of them.”
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