Your encouragement to practice your approach comes to me as something I've had to do several times in my life... the last 10 months in particular. Yes, embrace the negative sometimes, for it begets the positive more often than not.

An interesting conversation and conclusion all wrapped up in one. However, I find that if we are "talking" to ourselves, we may have dual personalities. I think that once in a while about something that I might have done better than the way I did it, but that water is over the dam or under the bridge and I can't retrieve it. But it does tell me what I should do if a similar circumstance comes up in the future. So am I learning from myself. You betcha!

Ron

Deeply penned, heartfelt as always. Thank you Audrine

Internal monologue I hear myself talk in my head lo help me achieve peak performance. This piece talks to me, goes to the tune of THE TALKING HEADS song, "Don't Worry About the Government"... lyrics as follows...

I see the clouds that move across the sky
I see the wind that moves the clouds away
It moves the clouds over by the building
I pick the building that I want to live in

I smell the pine trees and the peaches in the woods
I see the pinecones that fall by the highway
That's the highway that goes to the building
I pick the building that I want to live in

I see the states, across this big nation
I see the laws made in Washington, D.C.
I think of the ones I consider my favorites
I think of the people that are working for me

...an Operative's inner voice is most critical to logic and reason. All of these guru types spout the same "talking head nonsense" with their head in the clouds that has nothing to do with true living, and all about ego, to command and hypnotize a global audience...

"and see where
this little experiment
takes us."

Duo

I think you are on to something here. Yes, it seems the mind is in constant "conversation" with the multiple egos that lie within us, pushing us in conflicting directions. Let's try to converse with that deep inner core who is the true witness of who we and the world are. Yes, as you said at the end, let's see "where this little experiment takes us."