You only live once? False! You live every day - you only
die once!
Didn’t just sit on my backside yesterday for a change,
after I walked Alfie on the morning in the fog I spent a few hours sorting
through my recipes magazines and putting them all in my recipe folders so I could
throw away the rest of the magazines – too much junk in my house. On the afternoon I managed to get mom to come
for a walk with me, we didn’t go far, just across the road to the canal where
we saw a heron and got really close to it so we were both happy about
that. I made her poached eggs &
cheese on toast, she’s not got much of an appetite lately so it was good to see
her really enjoy something, I had my cottage pie that I cooked Saturday, not
bad at all. I then read in the bath for
an hour before finally sitting on our backsides and just chill out watching tv,
XFactor was on but I’ve got to say I don’t really watch it, I’m faffing doing
other stuff. Perfect Sunday doesn’t it
sound? It wasn’t but we’re working on
that. Xxx
I started reading a book I think I’m going to love
called, ‘Taming your gremin by Rick Carson’, I just love all that self help
stuff, it’s helped me in the past and I also like to pass the info one and help
members and you lot reading this. The
book isn’t about dieting but I’m just going to share with you a paragraph which
is so true;
“Here
we sit, you and I, wrapped up in our bodies,…..
But
we’re not our bodies. We’re not. Our bodies are constantly changing masses of
matter. As a matter of fact, if you’re
over 30, as we speak, you ears are getting bigger, your nose is getting longer,
and the distance is shrinking from the bottom of your feet to the top of your
head. Frightening, but so. Bodies change. My body has done so dramatically. A lean 165 pounds now, I used to weigh, and
this is the astonishing truth, 7 pounds 8 ounces. We’re not our bodies”
I love that, I also love everything that follows that
paragraph in the first chapter, so I’m hoping the book will be
interesting. The book suggests your
gremlin interprets your every experience. He has nothing good to say about you
or anything you do, not to mention your dreams and aspirations. Just when you
feel you've out-argued or overcome him, he changes his disguise and his
strategy. Grapple with him and you become more enmeshed. What he hates is
simply being noticed. That's the first step to his taming. That what the books
about and without going into too much detail that’s exactly how my day ended
with my Gremlin having a field day with me!
Even though earlier I’d started that book, and my Gremlin genuinely doesn’t
cause me too much grief these days because I’ve already done a lot of personal
development work on myself, last night he/she whatever it is really went to
town and messed with my head.
I’ve slept but it wasn’t a good sleep, my brain has been
going over and over stuff all night, so I’d just like to thank my Gremlin for
that! And warn it that this book is
gonna help me tame that Gremlin – watch this space!
I am aware that I’m talking in riddles but I don’t want
to share those thoughts I was having last night because they weren’t just about
me and well bearing my soul online is one thing, but other peoples – maybe not.
You’re either getting this Gremlin thing or thinking I’m
a lunatic right now ;-), either’s good with me, I’m not sure how much you’re
allowed to share of someone’s book but as this next bit I’m going to share is available
as a preview on Amazon I think it should be ok, and who knows I might help him
sell a few copies. So this is what he
say’s about your gremin;
“You
already have some sense of your gremlin, though perhaps you never have focused
your awareness on him or labelled him.
Your gremlin is the narrator in your head. He has influenced you since you came into
this world, and he accompanies you throughout your entire existence. He’s with you when you wake up in the morning
and when you go to sleep at night. He
tells you who and how you are, and he defines and interprets your every
experience. He wants you to accept his
interpretations as reality, and his goal, from moment to moment, day to day, is
to squelch the natural, vibrant you within.
I’m
not sure of the factors that contributed to the makeup of your particular
gremlin. I am sure, however, that he
uses some of your past experiences to hypnotise you into forming and living
your life in accordance with self-limiting and sometimes frightening
generalisations about you and what existence holds for you.
Your
gremlin wants you to feel bad, and he carries out this loathsome pursuit via
some sophisticated manoeuvres, which we will discuss later, and by convincing
you to waste time reliving the past, worrying about the future, and analysing
the relationships between all sorts of people and things. Your gremlin wants you to believe that he has
your best interest at heart and that his primary purpose is to serve and honour
you. His motive is actually less honourable. He is intent on making you miserable.
Your
gremlin’s caution about life and living is inordinate and his methods of
control are overzealous. He is not
merely your inner critic or simply a part of your psychological makeup. Your gremlin is not your negative thoughts –
he is the source of them. He is not your
less-than-positive past experiences – he uses them. He is not your fears – he taunts you with
them by creating the horror movie about yoru future that you sometimes
watch.
He
is your gremlin, and his personality, like his dastardly intention, is all his
own. One thing is for certain. As you begin to notice your gremlin, you will
become acutely sensitive to the fact that you are not your gremlin, but rather,
his observer. You will see clearly that
your gremlin has no real hold on you. As
this awareness develops, you will begin to appreciate and enjoy your life more
and more. It is for you, the observer, that this book is written.
Ooo I can’t wait to read it, cos my Gremlin had me crying myself to sleep last night, soI’m ready to kick his ass! So if any of that strikes a cord, watch this
space, I’ll let you know how the rest of the book goes.
And apologies for making a Monday morning so damn
serious, but hey sometimes reality sucks!I’m smiling again now I’ve wrote all that – love rambling on my blog.
Have a great day. x
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