Are you obsessing over something?

What are you thinking about now? Most people are thinking of some problem they are facing and carefully analyzing it. Obsessing over it. It could be about other people, their jobs, relationships or lack thereof, money or lack thereof, how others have wronged them, how unfair life is, anything. Generally, it is something negative because us humans like to wallow more in the bad than the good. Overall, we are thinking, thinking, obsessing and analyzing something we consider important until we are weary. Then we begin the cycle again.

Stop. Now. What were you thinking about last year on this day? What were you thinking about six months ago? What occupied your thoughts a month ago, a week ago? Many don’t even remember what they were thinking about yesterday. Whatever seemed important then does not seem so important now, does it? It never is. Learn to observe your thoughts objectively before they take over and blow things up so monstrously that you feel overwhelmed and depressed.

The easiest way is to look at your mind like a room. Do you want it to be clean, light and full of fresh air? Then you have to open the windows to let all the bad air and darkness out of it. Gently usher all those people who have no business occupying your mind room. Welcome those who do mean something to you and stand by you when you need them. Blow away the urge to obsess over any single thing. The solution happens only when you stop obsessing over something.

And then remind yourself again: whatever I think is very, very important now will not seem so important soon.