A white water wash of unwanted, stuck-together thoughts crash into each other constantly crash into me certainly
and it feels all day (better stop by the store later for toilet paper oh and ) as though there really is no safe way (I hope
I didn't embarrass myself earlier with-) to put a stop to the cacophonous, (John, Christ what was I thinking?) discordant
chorus of one thousand (I've got to make sure I get my notes together before-) different voices all too preoccupied with
(that midterm, and I-) what is gone and what is coming to (wonder if Emily would be willing to-) take a moment and Hush.
Breathe through
Your nose and feel
Your breath move past the
Sensitive tips of your
Nostrils and over
The fine hairs
Of your
Lip. Feel
Each thought
As it bursts into
Your brain, but step
Back, observe it, dry,
And then just let
The thought
Go. Enjoy for one brief moment,
Or maybe two,
The power of hush.
That wouldn't surprise me. It's been on my mind a lot lately as I've been working on mindfulness and a meditation practice, so the first thing that occurred to me about "hush," was hushing my own mind.Isn't the ability to be 'self-soothing' considered to be a sign of growth in infants/young children? (Or people in general?)