by Caitie Leibman, Director of Communications
Sometimes I marvel at my brain. I might wake up from a vivid dream or be surprised by a random thought that pops into my mind while I’m innocently doing the dishes, and I’ll wonder, “Where did that come from?”
It’s a gift to be able to notice when thoughts come and go. Sometimes, our thoughts can start to feel so familiar, we don’t notice them anymore. They turn into wallpaper: we can be surrounded by them all day and never notice. We take them for granted as fact.
Maybe you’ve heard some of these sentences before, swirling around in your own mind or coming out of someone else’s mouth:
“Never go into business with family.” (Ha!)
“I’m not good with money.”
“I can’t do something that risky.”
Are these sentences—or life sentences? Are you serving time in the name of a belief? It’s not “the big house” we get trapped in: it’s a small life.
Our words can become cages when we take them more seriously than we need to. But a thought can just be a thought. Like a cloud we watch in the sky, can we allow it to do its thing, and then go on its way?
We can’t stop those stories from popping up any more than we can keep clouds out of the sky. But maybe we can sprinkle in some more helpful sentences, ones that won’t hold us back.
“What if this works out?”
“What if there was a different way?”
“What if I could?”
In any case, we’re glad to be here with you—for whatever comes our way.
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