Learned to Quiet My Mind Afterwork

By incident I discovered the secret for a quiet mind on the bus back home. After a night shift.

The day felt long and I felt empty.

I opened my notes, wrote what I was doing in Finnish, to practice the language. 

"Olen mennossa kotiin. En ole vasynyttä. En ole surullista. Unohtin jo kokon päivän. Mahtavaa! Olen vihdoin rauhassa.

Toivon että, nukuisin hyvin."

Let me translate:

"I'm going home. I'm not tired. I'm not sad. I forgot the whole day already. Great! I'm finally at peace.

I hope, I'll sleep well."

I really smiled when I wrote I forgot it all. It felt liberating. I was liberated from memories, from old feelings, from the past.

Then I looked forward to the future. But I didn't see further than that night. I only wished for a good sleep. All desires and worries were gone in that moment.

I was completely in present.

Cliché: to be present is to be at peace.

But this time I learned more than that lesson - I learned a way to get in that state:

Be tired.

Be so tired your mind can't even spare energy to recall the day, no matter it was fun or nuts.

Exhaustion could be a blessing in disguise. It taught me to surrender to the day, to the unchangeables, and move on.

Now I love to forget. Technically we can't forget, but we can quit recalling. 

When your mind starts to rummage some unhelpful memories, tell it to stop. Protect your peace and your energy. 

Be responsible for your happiness.

Sending you spring air and sunny warmth from Lahti.

🎶🐦‍⬛