What's in a name?

According to my Apple dictionary, admittedly not a definitive source, a ‘consideration’ is a thought, reflection, meditation, concern, rumination etc. I would like this blog to do those things. I’m hoping I can keep the posts positive because, as someone once reminded me, it is important to practise the habits of mind that you value and want to foster. For me those are: positivity, curiosity, openness and self-reflection (hence, a blog is a good forum).


Also, I’m calling them 'small' because I would like to try to get into the habit of blogging briefly but often. That way I can reflect on everyday occurrences and make this form of writing and thinking a habit, hopefully.


Monday, 12 November 2012

The Quiet Observer

The thing that got me through today was 'the watcher' or 'the observing self' or whatever name you want to give to the part inside that notices what's going on with detachment. That immeasurable part of me spent the day quietly observing the sensations and whinging of my body and mind experiencing a migraine and gently reminding me to not get sucked in. I managed to stay focussed on my job (taking my students around a work site on an excursion), then on doing something important and healthy for myself (going for a walk with a friend after a visit with her baby at his bath time). Thanks to this quiet observer's reminders, I stayed focussed instead of getting sucked into the painful sensations of the migraine. Thanks to the reminders, I also did not come home immediately after school and wallow on the couch in an empty house getting more and more depressed. Instead I enjoyed sunshine, fresh air and company as well as getting some errands done on the way home from her house. This was not another day lost to a migraine; this was a day truly lived as well as it could have been with a migraine.
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