Hello to all, Hello to myself,

Someone in my life is having a hard time with the past.  I wish I could help her.  I wish I could take those repetitive thoughts of fear, sadness, anxiety, and resentment… and just lock them out of her mind.

I wish that I could talk to them (the thoughts in her mind) and say, “hey, you have had your moment… now, just leave her alone.  She is a kind and caring person.  She doesn’t deserve this torment.  What do you say…?  Why don’t you just fade away?”

I wonder what the thoughts would say back to me…

“Hey, man.  We have been trying to leave since the moment we got here.  But, she will not let us go.  Every time we think that we have gotten far enough away that she cannot find us… She pulls us right back in.”

or,

“Are you kidding me!  Without her feeding us, we will die… and, we don’t want to die.  We need her to keep feeding us… We will never willingly let go of her!”

or,

“You are asking the wrong dude!  We are just pawns in this mental game.  We are not even real.  It is all up to her, it has always been up to her.  She can let us go whenever she wants.”

….

I don’t know what to say to her.  I don’t know how to relieve her of this continuous and cyclical pain.  It is interesting, when I look at her, I feel like I can see the physical toll of the mental and emotional suffering… It is so powerful, it can actually deteriorate your mind, body, and soul.

I wish I had some awesome power that could transform her suffering into peace and enlightenment.  ……………………..  Maybe, I do…  I have love.

She is a beautiful soul that needs compassion and loving kindness.  I am her friend and her family… and I need to give her my compassion and loving kindness.

Thank you for being, Michael.