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THOUGHT-A-THON

9/2/2021

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If we can run a marathon , why not a thought-a-thon ? 
Isn't that what every day is ?   
Batting and fielding the  60,000 odd thoughts our monkey mind throws at us ?   
A mental game of tennis , more like a practice session with those tireless automated machines hurling curved balls at you !   You stand there , racquet in hand ,  all warmed up , quickly spur yourself into action ,  ready to retort and give it your best.   
Split-second decision-making ! 
Which ones to attempt , which ones to smash , which ones to stay clear of  . 
Which ones  are productive ,  which ones harbor inspiration  , which ones are purposeless.    

Creative thoughts are like a gust of wind down a hillside.  Come at you with a great whoosh and sometimes gone before you know it. 
Grab that little handy notebook , your kryptonite and  best defense in the face of unseen power and capture-those-thoughts.html

Related concepts from "Deep Creativity" - by Deborah, Jennifer & Dennis 
- Creative Flooding  , experiencing a Thought-a-thon ?  💕💕
- Creative Resistance  -  and the opposite - writer's block ? 🤔🤔
- Everyday Reverence - the sacred is in the daily, and the daily is sacred.  

Questions to ask yourself to foster  innate creativity that lies within each one of us in some form  - Who or what is your muse ? Where is your creative temple ? 
Seven ways to access and evoke inspiration -
​1. Love 2. Nature 3. The Muse 4. Suffering 5. Practice 6. Sacred 7. Art 


So whether a marathon or that daily thought-a-thon ,  run with realism , perspective , gratitude , mindfulness and grit.  
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In 2005, the National Science Foundation published an article summarizing research on human thoughts per day. It was found that the average person has about 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those thousands of thoughts, 80% were negative, and 95% were exactly the same repetitive thoughts as the day before.  There was another interesting study (Leahy, 2005, Study of Cornell University), in which scientists found that, firstly 85% of what we worry about never happens. Secondly with the 15% of the worries that did happen, 79% of the subjects discovered that either they could handle the difficulty better than expected, or that the difficulty taught them a lesson worth learning.
The conclusion is that 97% of our worries are baseless and result from an unfounded pessimistic perception.
​Mind Matters: How To Effortlessly Have More Positive Thoughts
tlexinstitute.com/how-to-effortlessly-have-more-positive-thoughts/
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