Circular Thinking 1/24/2024

Many thoughts
Humans think
Take us back in time
To replay and revisit
A past event
That has settled
Into our mind.

And sometimes
We travel
Forward into the future
Wishing and hoping
Certain things would
Play out a certain way.

In both scenarios
Worry and fear
Are present
We worry about
What we could have done
And we fear
What might not happen
If we do nothing.

Hence
Putting the mind
In circular thinking
With no end in sight
Just going
Round and round
With each thought
And emotion felt.

So how do we stop our thoughts from traveling in time?

Tis a unique condition
Humans create
Causing chaos
In unusual ways
Creating negative emotions
That trigger a type of
Time travel
Jumping forward or backward
In the thinking process.

The power of focused breathing
Helps generate a pause
For us to regroup
And resurface
Into a calmer presence
Softening circular thinking
Allowing the present
To anchor the moment
Of now.

Maggie Spaulding
Poem Author