We’ve all had that flash of insight. That lightbulb-over-your-head moment when something brilliant occurs to you.
I for one, LOVE when that happens!
It seems as if it comes from out-of-the-blue, without warning, startling the shit out of me.
It makes me feel connected to something greater, and if not greater‚ then smarter. The holder of the Universal Rolodex or keys to the Library at Alexandria.
For me, it can range wildly, from an inspired idea for a birthday present for the person who has everything to a great story idea, or spontaneously remembering the name of that cheese we all lost our minds over in that little, remote town in Spain. (But only the name of the cheese—not the town—too much to ask.)
For you, it may be a new and innovative brain surgery procedure or the mathematical equation that will once and for all solve the existence of dark matter.
Big deal. I’m happy for you. Really. I am.
Who doesn’t love that flash of inspiration? You never feel more present, alive and in-the-moment.
Now here’s where it gets…complicated and this is universal.
Thunder.
God-farts.
All the ways and reasons why your brilliant idea wasn’t so brilliant after all.
Old news.
Thunder—doubt—is based on old news. Old fears. Old ways of thinking. It is rooted in the past. The things we were taught as children. Boogie-man fears. Threats against feeling secure and safe. And normal.
Thunder is SLOOOOOOOOW. It can’t keep up. That’s why it takes a while before you can hear it.
But like a fart, it’s LOUD. It gets your attention.
You need to forget about it. Stick with the NEW. The great idea.
New ideas, paradigms, and concepts are FAST. Like lightning. They Flash in and dare you to catch them.
They can only appear when you’re living in the moment.
Thunder is old news from the past. It rumbles and roars and smells like a million containers of leftovers in the back of the fridge or—like Shrek with gas.
You get the picture.
Carry on,
xox
Sorry, I had to, it’s in French.
