The Burden that keeps Snowballing each day

Ever had the thought that the burden of yesterday keeps getting carried forward each day?

We keep carrying our burdens. They don’t get resolved easily and we know we need to solve it somehow but we can’t. It gets snowballed to the next day and to the next, and so it keeps going from month to month and year to year.

It creeps into our nervous system, our mind and finally even into our dreams.

And we get more and more tired.

Sometimes, the mere thought makes us shout.

Recognise these symptoms?

·      We shout for no reason at people who do not deserve it

·      We get short temper fuses.

·      We get tired but can’t sleep easily.

·      We wake up feeling tired

·      And there’s that nasty, nagging ache around your shoulder blades.

If any of these sound like you, it means you have been snowballing.

Yep, it is not a fun word though it sounds like that.

Far from it, mental snowballing gets deep down into your system and a break from it is not easy.

The first and most fundamental aspect of mental snowballing is that we carry on the burdens from yesterday to the future. There is no way you can eradicate that. I do not have a magic formula and anyone who says that has to be a magician.

There is one thing I can say. And that is, it can be replaced.

Yep. Replace those vicious, ghastly thoughts with something better.

Hug people, surround yourself with people exuding good vibes, bake a cake for others, joke to someone or some people and watch their faces crease up with laughter lines ….

All of these acts are free but they demand a fraction of your valuable time and….effort.

When I hug someone and say I love you, I really say it with every fibre of my being. It is reciprocated and the mutual feeling is so wonderful. It makes me feel useful, energised and the good thoughts fill my being. I love doing this at our weekly Sunday Hindu classes for children.

The children rush forward spontaneously for a hug. And that is a highlight for us.

The burden becomes somewhat reduced as the ‘feel good’ hormones flood my being with temporary euphoria according me a nice ‘high.’ My soft spot is to make myself useful to others and when I don’t, it becomes a low point.

Find out your soft spot. The thing that makes you feel good. Focus on the non-material and non excessive.

Just think about what makes you happy. This is surprisingly easy actually. Then keep on practising it. The snowballing will cease to take precedence and you will lose your ties with the troubles of yesterday. They will be there, but subdued. Remember, you can never ‘get rid’ of them but you can ‘manage’ them.

You will feel a bit lighter my friends.

Whether you are an adult attending our Hindu Gita Classes or a teenager attending our Sunday classes for children, the effect is the same.

Do a ‘happiness check’ from time to time.

o   Has the ache subsided?

o   Are you shouting less and hugging more?

o   When was the last time you joked? (lame jokes included, it’s still a step in the right direction)

o   When did you think more of others’ troubles than your own?

Check on your sleep. Did you get a good night’s rest, uninterruptedly?

Your sleep check is one way of doing your happiness check.

If you don’t feel good, your sleep is disrupted. Do not sacrifice your sleep.

Sleep is the last good bastion known to us. Let us keep it as our “coup de grâce” we need from our daily toil.

Keep the momentum going my friends and keep yourself feeling incredibly light.