Not that I've been alive that long, but in the past fifty or so years, time seems to have sped up so incredibly that most of us can no longer keep pace. We fly around the world at dizzying speeds. Our voices are beamed to the other side of the planet faster than we can wink. I've seen people eat spaghetti as they walk and burgers as they zoom along the highway. In our spare time we watch races and jog along busy main roads. Does just reading this make your heart beat faster and your breathing become more shallow? It does mine as I write.
Wouldn't it be blissful to step out of the rat race, to actually stop time and just ?be?? Imagine the peace and freedom of timelessness. An impossible dream? I think not.
Of course, we can't halt the motions of time and change, nor can we stop our own aging process, but we do have the power to slow down and even stop time for a few moments. Yesterday, I walked past two huge beech trees. Their dark, bare branches were stretching against the low, grey blanket of winter cloud and an incredible noise snatched me out of my foggy world of thought. Within an instant I became aware of an intense din that came from the trees.
Dozens of birds shrieking, crowing, chirping and singing ? fluttering and hopping from branch to branch. I stopped in my tracks and gazed at this spectacular orchestra. What a noise they were making! How vibrant, how alive and full of energy these black swaying branches were.
I stood and I lost my Self as I became part of the timeless mystery of life. The houses around me disappeared, and the mud on my shoes no longer weighed me down, but connected me with the rest of the planet. All my senses danced the same dance as these beautiful creatures so high above me.
For those moments, time stopped. I became ageless and One with something beyond what I can describe in words. I stopped ?doing? and was simply ?being?.
These are the moments that give us the energy to race on, to speed up when we need to. They create balance and a reservoir of calm and inner peace that we can draw from when the going gets rough.
But what if you live in a big city and finding a tree to gaze at would be more stressful than inspiring? What if, right now, you aren't healthy enough to go walking or it's the middle of the night and time seems to be dragging you through sleepless hours, lost in the endless maze of repetitive thoughts?
How can you step from the pressures of modern life into a timeless space of freedom and inspiring beauty? Where can you find a haven of timelessness that connects you with all things?
Let me make two simple suggestions. One is to look without ? look around you and find a little piece of beauty right where you are. An image that inspires you, a story that soothes your soul, a piece of music that makes your heart overflow with joy or even an item that holds a happy, innocent memory. Concentrate your attention and enjoy what this little something has to give you ? sense it, savour it, absorb it. And lose yourself in the pleasure of simply being for a little while.
The other path to a haven of timelessness is found by going within. Find a memory or thought that brings a smile to your face and allow a joyful, happy sensation to spread from your heart. If you can't think of one right now, then imagine a situation in the future when you can feel truly happy and lose your self in that for a few moments. Immerse yourself, make it more real and vivid and notice how that changes your state from frantic doing to simply being.
Whether we walk with an open mind and heart, or whether we search for joy and the delight of simply living by going within, it is the ability to step out of the rat race and slow down for a few moments which allows us to stop time ? at least for a few delightful, energising minutes. I wish you many of them today.
In reality, there is but a few genuine ways to stop blushing for good. In fact. the only way to stop blushing or at best to calm in down to a comfortable level of control is to reprogram our minds and subconscious thoughts.
Before we reach that stage, we first need to change our outlook on everyday things in life in order to truly stop the mental negativity that causes and triggers blushing in the first place.
I'd like to explain how we can understand how other people might perceive our blushing, simply by understanding how we would act if the tables were turned...
As a child, when we see something we are not familiar with such as a scary looking dog or a road with cars rushing past, we stare and retract from them.
As an adult, these reactions become less as we experience more. However, we still have this natural instinctive reaction to things we are not too familiar with.
So, when we see someone who blushes excessively or appears extremely shy, we tend to react just as we did as that young child - we stare and retract ourselves.
On the other hand, some people react in different ways such as laughter, criticising or questioning. These alternative reactions can be equally hard for those who suffer from shyness and blushing due to these reactions being the very cause of shyness and blushing in the first place.
Most of us however, take a little time to adjust to something new or less ordinary but, just as the child did, we become accustomed to such things in other people and move on.
So, knowing that by our very nature, other people's reactions and thoughts are only temporary...
...it becomes easier to accept our initial shyness and blushing behaviours.
Once everyone else has moved on after becoming accustomed to your uniqueness, you should also move on with them.
It is impossible to venture throughout this wonderful world if you continue to let a pre-occupation about your skin tone or personality hold you back.
All it tales is a little paddle in the big wide world to make many people realize that life is not so much about themselves but about others. If we all became so obsessed with ourselves the world would be a boring place to live in.
Furthermore, it is vital to understand that friendships and respect are gained from listening, helping and involving yourself in others. People are attracted to others who show interest and provide benefits in their own lives.
So whether or not you are prone to blushing, you will always have the ability to be a great friend, have great friends and achieve whatever you desire with a little dedication and hard work.
So look outward in life, in order to feel better inward. Shift the focus of your personal problems to that of helping others with theirs, and you will soon notice the shyness and blushing fading away like an old painting.
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