scott stonehouse

That thing you said to yourself, the thing you keep saying to yourself, isn’t true. It isn’t kind. It isn’t helpful.

Or perhaps it is something someone else said to you. Again, not true, not kind, not helpful.

Sometimes you might need to work through it, process it, reason through the subtle lies and deceptions so you can deal with it.

Sometimes.

But sometimes that is wasted effort and completely unnecessary.

Sometimes all you need to do is flush the thought and move on.

And it can be as simple as that image suggests.

“That is crap and I am flushing it and moving on.”

Really, it can be that easy.

Try it.

The next time you catch yourself saying untrue, unkind, unhelpful things to yourself, reach up next to your temple, imagine a little lever, push it down and say, “Flush that!” and move on with your day.