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According to the Bible, God told Lot’s wife not to look back or he would turn her into a pillar of salt. Yet, look back she did.

And so do we.

We ask ourselves such questions as:

Who is that person that has taken up residence so deeply in my mind?

What would have happened if I had made a different decision?

When might I have been able to choose differently?

Where did I learn to make these choices?

Why has my life taken this turn?

How could I have made different choices?

How many of us are so busy looking back that we cannot move forward?

TTYL,

Linda

The best resource I have ever found for helping clear old thoughts from my mind is Dr. David Burns Feeling Good Handbook.

I got rid of my copy of the book when we were downsizing to go on the road but I’m now thinking about buying another one since I have realized I still have a lot of decluttering of my mind to do.

In case you feel a need to do that as well, I encourage you to check out https://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-Handbook-David-Burns/dp/0452281326. This is not an associate link so feel free to use a friend’s link if you decide you want to buy this helpful book.

TTYL,

Linda

I was a freshman in high school when I received a message I interpreted as being I was expected to not succeed.

This is different from being not expected to succeed.

If you are not expected to succeed, it can be because you do not have the skills necessary to succeed.

If you are expected to not succeed it can be because you are expected to sabotage your success.

I became quite good at the latter.

I still have to fight that message all the time.

Clearing out these old messages takes time and work.

I hope I succeed.

TTYL,

Linda

Kids think all adults are all powerful. So we take messages they give us and make those messages all powerful. We even magnify them. And we keep them in our minds forever–judging ourselves by them.

It’s been a long time since I was a kid. I think it’s time to declutter my mind and get rid of some of those messages that no longer fit me today.

If they ever did.

But, I plan to keep the one that says that reading is good.

TTYL,

Linda

Continuing my wondering about the relationship between various medical terms I started to wonder if there is a connection between Dr Lister and Listerine.

The answer, more or less, is yes.

Dr Lister is the physician who discovered that chemically sterilizing surgical instruments resulted in fewer deaths.

Later Dr Lawrence invented “a unique antiseptic for use in surgeries and bathing wounds.” In honor of Dr Lister, Lawrence named his substance Listerine.

Years later Listerine became a household product for rinsing your mouth.

So, when you use it you are effectively sterilizing your mouth.

Ugh! That vision does not appeal to me.

TTYL,

Linda