Your centerboard is to take a moment and see what is actually happening within yourself in this moment. You have to know where you are in order to get to where you want to go. It’s like a gps system in your car. You need to start where you are, right now.
For your centerboard:
Step 1 – Take a slow breath, the deeper the better.
Step 2 – Find something within your body or mind to soften or relax just a little, to take the edge off.
Step 3 – Just notice without changing anything else what you are now thinking and feeling.
Step 4 – Note a body sensation and just let it be, let it simmer a bit.
Step 5 – Note that this is where you are, your centerboard, your starting place.
Steering back to your path following your SGP
(self guided potential)
Step 1 – Smile; decide if you want to stay where you are or return to a happier state. Happier state? Good.
Step 2 – Start with a word the describes exactly what you are feeling right now. Okay, now find a word to describe a similar feeling but a little lighter, with less intensity and also find a word with a little more intensity. For example if it was a surprise bump to your car you might end up feeling angry. A word with less intensity might be annoyed and one with more might be furious.
Step 3 – See if you can shift to the lighter word and let that sit for a minute. Then if you like choose a word that is lighter or less intense than that one and shift to that word. Your feelings will shift along with the focus on each word.
Step 4 – You are back on the road toward happiness.
Step 5 – Practice this with little things so that when the big things come up you are ready.
With no means to steady the sailboat or steer, the sail boat would be pushed by the whim of the wind in any and all directions. Every time the wind shifted the sailboat would be thrown off to another track. In a similar manner our reactions to routine events can toss our thoughts and emotions around and before we know it we have lost our connection to happiness.
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