I taught this in every class at least twice a year and
sometimes more. Now it seems like it
is the lesson that I need to give myself.
I recall asking students how can we expect to create
wonderful new art pieces, relationships, and lives with the same old information
and tools that got us here in the first place? Can we really expect that
same “stuff” is going to create new, different, and effective lives? Then to make things worse, our typical “fix it” first step is to go out
and get MORE stuff for our minds. We read how-to books, take classes, join groups and religions, and get all kinds of advice about how we need to change things,
but really…. we are just pouring more
stuff on top of the old toxic...not working stuff.
At the risk of sounding really crude…when our plumbing is
stopped up and nothing flushes…Do we force more shit in it to get it flowing
again?
We need to literally “flush” out toxic thoughts and thinking
to allow space for the new ideas, life and creativity to take hold and grow…
"Never Can Say Good-Bye" Micheal Jackson
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