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I have done some of the stupidest things over the past eighteen months. There are days when my brain feels completely numb.....it feels like it's absent from my head. However, I continue to breathe and do other automatic tasks, so it must be awake and doing something up there.
You know, you read all these "self help" books and try to increase the productivity of your brain (and specifically your thoughts). Or at least I do. Then you try to implement all these foreign thought patterns that will change your life. When you think about it, these really are instructions on how to use your brain. It trains you how to think, and not think as well.
What my brain needs is a good rest. I was watching a show on television last night about how young people who leave their Amish community usually miss many aspects of their old lives. One guy was saying that he missed the slower pace and the quiet, peaceful evenings.
I have never had a life that slow or laid back, but I'm sure I could use a few of those evenings myself. I think we all could.
Meditation is the key to making your mind shut up and leave you alone. I am getting better at it, but it is quite difficult for me. I actually think my mind is louder, busier, and more obnoxious that most people's. I just can't make it be quiet.
Anyway, I am going to see Train tonight, so that will give my brain a surge of happiness.
