Sometimes I find it helpful
to think of my mind being a bit like a body balancing on a Bongo Board….
When I put too much weight to one side, for example in the past….
the board tips and I tumble off.
If I put too much weight to the other side…the future…
off I go…tumbling off again.
But…
if I can stay balanced over that central pivot point…
the present moment…
then there is more potential for steadiness and stability.
I do try to keep in mind that things I’ve done in those past moments did “exist,” in their own ways…and they are influencing this present moment…that this present moment is evolving out of millions of past experiences….but it’s not helpful to “tip” into that past…the past is done, finished, completed and it’s simply not helpful to the present moment to put my weight there now.
And what happens in the future will certainly evolve out of the multitude of completed past and currently present moments…but spending time and energy imagining that anticipated future isn’t helpful or productive either.
And so…to imagine being on that Bongo Board…
 one’s mind with positive motivation and energy,
consistently balanced
in this present moment…
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Note: I really do practice imagining myself on that Bongo Board…and imagine that feeling of “mind mumbling” or rethinking the past…and imagine the kinesthetic sense of actually tipping off…and the same for imagining worrying about an anticipated future…and again tipping off …and then to imagine that nice sense of balance in that present moment. ( but I don’t have a Bongo Board and think I’d be better off not actually getting on one…to preserve a functioning body in this appreciated present moment and that positively anticipated future….Â đŸ™„Â )
Pocket Perspectives 
This post is TERRIFIC, Kathy! One of your best. đŸ˜€
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Thanks Nancy… now practicing what I write about is a bit more challenging!
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Life is a balancing act and we all struggle to find that middle ground….; -)
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I’m trying to learn to be a balancer rather than a tumbler…. : )
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Wonderful post! Visualisation is a great tool for instant help from the inside đŸ™‚ A Bongo Board (no, I don’t have one, but I did windsurfing) demonstrates also that balance is not static, but flexible, and that sudden changes are not helpful at all… – We don’t learn how to balance in a static no-problem system, there’s no need to; so occasionally when all’s going well, we create our own problems to practice our balance đŸ˜‰
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Thanks.
I like your expanded ideas about balance, flexibly and adapting to changes..thanks! And…ah ha!…so that’s what I do…create opportunities to practice balance…. ; )
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We all do, knowingly/consciously or not. And I think exactly that leads to one of the biggest problems of all: to take responsibility for the problems we’ve got instead of blaming others or “circumstances”. Once we can accept that we can see problems for what they really are: questions, opportunities which help us find focus and balance in the chaos.
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