Once again, it seems that the (my?) road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I was going to write a "real" post this afternoon, but it seems that "life" got in the way, so now it is 12:15 past midnight as I sit down and try to empty my head of a few final thoughts.
It's SUMMER! It's berry season!
I have determined that when people go on holiday, their brain also goes on holiday.
What I mean by that is that they pretty much stop thinking for themselves. We live in a tourist town, and Mrs. Denmarkguy used to work front desk at a prominent local hotel... and she used to make the same observation about guests coming into the hotel, and these seemingly intelligent people coming across as incapable of keeping up with even the simplest tasks.
Our very exotic hydrangea
I see it now, working in our art gallery during tourist season... people are just not "entirely there," between the ears.
Which made me sit and think about the deeper psychology of "personal accountability" and mindfulness.
We give a lot of lip service — as a people; as a culture — to this idea of being mindful and considerate of our surroundings, and there's even a billion dollar industry dedicated to teaching mindfulness.
But mindfulness is actually hard work, and it's an ongoing practice. You don't just read a book, get a few tips, and suddenly BOOM, you're a mindful person. Nope, it's something you pretty much have to grind out on a daily basis.
An online friend of mine, Vito Mucci, wrote pretty much the definitive "Bible" on consciousness in living and he has even pointed out — during various conversations we've had — that if you manage to stay "Present and Mindful" just 50% of the time, you are way ahead of 90% of the population.
So maybe it's no big surprise at all that people on vacation aren't particularly mindful. As a general rule. There are exceptions, of course...
So, those are my final thoughts of the day... now I am mindfully going to head off and get some sleep.
How about YOU? When you go on holiday, does your brain also check out? Have you ever noticed whether the rate at which things like locking your keys in your car, losing your wallet and so on increases when you're on vacation? Not saying this is a BAD thing, it's just "a thing." Leave a comment-- share your experiences-- be part of the conversation!
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