dailydatewithgod

We all have a knack for allowing something to replay in our heads.  It is as though our minds are convinced that if we ruminate long enough it will cycle itself through and we will find the resolution to stop the rumination we are seeking by ruminating. I suppose that is like hoping that banging our head against a surface will result in the removal of the headache. More often than not it is the break of the rumination that enables us to find what we are seeking.  Getting our bodies to move or do something different which redirects our attention is what I have found works.  I sometimes like to think of it as the point at which my mind tires of the rumination, sends it to my heart out of surrender or in some cases defeat, the heart then prompts a breath which interrupts the ruminating.  Upon interruption, there is a pause to choose another option.  In the times when I am stubborn, I will continue the rumination.  When I open and surrendered to the heart’s suggestion to move my attention I do something else. Within our system is a process by which we can involve our whole selves in the process of rumination.  Left to just one of our systems we are stuck with the same thoughts on replay, feelings of defeat, or showing in action that we are not going to be present with the process.  For the rumination to be more than just our life on repeat, we need to invite our whole self to the party.