Change the Sound

What you focus on isn’t all there is. Like most of us, I identify with the voice(s) in my head. That is “me”. The tricky narrator(s) with who I am in almost constant conversation with. If someone irritates me, it is often a projection of something that I am wrestling with. The same, I think, is true of when other people give us a hard time. It is an insight into what they voices in their head are saying. People who are harsh to others, are probably harsh to themselves. Those voice very often don’t reflect reality. They reflect various stories bouncing around. Various interpretations that are either useful, or kind, or not. It’s hard work trying to sort out what is what. Recently, I have been trying dancing instead. I have been doing 5Rhythms dance classes a couple of times a week. Running can do the same. Others swim. Anything to remind you that the voices aren’t you. You can mute them when they pretend they are.

Mute