Hey John,

I was just now driving in my car thinking of a better way to explain to you how to let your thoughts go before getting pulled in by them.

Think of your thoughts as water balloons being thrown at you. Wait, no, make it mud, balloons filled with mud. You have no control over it; they are being thrown at you one at a time. Once one hits you, your clothes get muddy and wet and you have to spend the rest of the day in heavy, muddy, uncomfortable clothes, at work, when you’re with your kids, girlfriend, when you’re at the grocery store, when your all alone, all because a mud balloon hit you. So instead of letting these balloons hit you, what if you gently caught each before it could hit you and then threw it into a trash can, one by one? At first it’s difficult to catch them, but over time you get very, very skilled at gently catching a mud balloon and throwing it into a trash can before it can hit you. Your clothes stay dry and you remain comfortable wherever you go. And what’s great is that over time you find that fewer and fewer of these mud balloons are coming at you because their source isn’t having any success at hitting you anymore.

Early tomorrow morning when you see a bright full moon and think of your ex, catch the mud balloon before it can hit you and throw it in the trash can! It’s going to be a good day!

B