Step Back and See It Whole
When one problem takes up the whole view, it can be hard to see anything else. Today’s guided practice widens the picture, then brings you back to the life in front of you.
Find somewhere quiet where you can sit for nine minutes.
Follow the nine-minute audio. The reminder below will help you return to the practice later.
Your practice reminder
Use the feeling that one problem has become everything as your cue to step back.
The audio guides you through the room, the roof, the street, the town and the country, until you picture the Earth as a whole. Include the other people below, each dealing with their own life, and offer them a little goodwill.
Then come back to where you’re sitting. Write one line: ‘From that wider view, the thing I need to do next is…’ Your problem can still matter. Notice whether anything looks different.
For a brief return later, picture your street and the lives around you, then come back to one useful action. The full guided practice is here whenever you have time.
If you remember only after a problem has taken over your attention, that is still a moment to step back.
Tomorrow is the final lesson: choose one practice to keep.
Jon