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So I realise I don’t just speak bollocks. Now I often catch myself thinking bollocks too. Something has triggered me to go down some imagined possibility of thoughts. Planning in my head how to solve something. Or planning how to avoid something… Feelings are true. They are happening. How you feel is real and true and should be listened to. But your thoughts? Not necessarily. So why do we listen to our thoughts and not our feelings? You can have more control over thoughts, you can bend them, rationalise them. As Willy Wonka says, “There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.” Those thoughts are so enticing, as enticing as Willy singing: ‘Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure imagination Take a look and you'll see Into your imagination We'll begin with a spin Traveling in the world of my creation What we'll see will defy Explanation’ Feelings however.. you have to feel.. So anyway, I’ll be there creating this world in my mind, adding detail, probably trying to tweak it to make myself feel better. Until I catch myself. Pause. And realise it’s bollocks. It’s just a moment of anxiety. It’s just a habit. It’s just some cognitive soothing (tweaking reality). I pause and take a proper breath. Willy Wonka is right about one thing when he sings: ‘Hold your breath Make a wish Count to three’ There is no threat. I’m just creating an alternate world, a world based on a fear. A world that’s not actually happening. And as soon as you pause and take a breath you collapse that world. Pop! There’s a world happening right now baby! Does this resonate with you? How well do you know your thoughts and feelings? Reach out to me!