HAVE you ever wondered how children can sit through
replays of their favorite Lion King or Little Mermaid video?
It amazes me that they’ll watch the same show
every day without a single complaint or request for something new.
What’s more amazing, though, is that adults do the very same thing with their days. The majority of men and women play “movies” in their heads day after day, relentlessly focusing on past events, many of which are unpleasant and disturbing experiences.
If they’re actually able to stop their contemplation of past events, then they allow impressions of their current surroundings and recent results to govern their thoughts. If they contemplate the future it’s usually by worrying about it, or wishing that something better might come along. Then they wonder why bad things keep happening to them, or why they never rise above the issues and obstacles in their lives.
What’s more amazing, though, is that adults do the very same thing with their days. The majority of men and women play “movies” in their heads day after day, relentlessly focusing on past events, many of which are unpleasant and disturbing experiences.
If they’re actually able to stop their contemplation of past events, then they allow impressions of their current surroundings and recent results to govern their thoughts. If they contemplate the future it’s usually by worrying about it, or wishing that something better might come along. Then they wonder why bad things keep happening to them, or why they never rise above the issues and obstacles in their lives.
