You heardĀ WHATĀ in your head?Ā Ā
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Eeek, I really did hear that! (As you can see,Ā no self-judgment at allš)
Iām outing myself as one of the (few?) people who never saw āMary Poppins.ā I donāt know why. (Well, thatās not exactly true. I tend to be fairly oppositional when it comes to popular trends. āNope, just leave me alone and Iāll see it when Iām ready.ā) Still, I was so inundated with the music on regular TV that I can easily repeat words from the movieās songs as evidenced above.
So, Iām walking around the house early one morningā¦ā¦ andĀ supercalifragilisticexpialidociousĀ justĀ poppedĀ into my head.Ā Not only did it āpopā into my head, it took up residence, repeating itself again, again, and again.
Being a (somewhat) mindful kind of person, I just listened to the word repeat. Noticed my head was beginning to bop back-and-forth, my lips were turning upward (wow, a smile) and, oh, I was beginning to take in deeper breaths, filling up my chest. Huh?
I was happy.Ā Ā No denying it. I was HAPPY!Ā Ā Excuse me, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?? What just happened?
A word clearly associated with joy dropped into my brain unbidden (and had the nerve to keep repeating itself.) And, I listened, without (too much) judgment.
I let that joyful word have its way with me and found myself responding with reciprocal joy (not pooh-poohing my experience.) Darn, if I didnāt feel uplifted.
Ā And you know what, I allowed myself to keep repeating the word as long as I heard it bopping through my mind. No, not exactly true. At some point, for whatever reason, the word became āScheherazadeā (who knows whyā¦) but the internal uplift was still there. (Isnāt life mysterious?)
Has Jan gone bonkers? Nope. My brain, likely for self-care reasons, āpoppedā out a word that allowed me to indulge in, and experience, some happy energy. That uplift also offeredĀ a break and detachment from some thorny issues I was dealing with that day.
Hey, no magic incantations, just begin to notice when pleasant, uplifting, even mysterious words/sounds pop into your mind and allow them to come alive inside you. Paying attention can be very self-empowering and feel good, to boot. Sometimes our subconscious minds offer us gifts when we need them the most. Try it, you might like itā¦..
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Super good. Need some of that myself at time, joy that pops up.
Watch the movie.