I was talking with someone the other day who was telling me that she has some decisions to make about her kids’ school. I asked what she needs to decide.
She didn’t answer my question. Instead, she explained that every time she pulls through the drop-off line, her mind starts spinning. Are we in the right place? Is this what’s best for them? Is this place all wrong and we’re just dragging our heels?
The way she described it was interesting…it was almost as if she was saying that she has to make some decisions about her kids’ education because of all of those questions and doubts that arise. As if the presence of questions and doubts indicated that she needs to do something about them.
As if a question requires an answer.
But you see through that, right? Minds love to ask questions and they love to voice doubts. Those are some of their favorite things to do.
A mind asking questions has nothing to do with answers being needed.
A mind doubting whether this school is the best means nothing about a decision being required.
I mean, she may want to put her kids in a different school, I have no idea. But her experience in the drop-off line certainly isn’t showing us that. Her experience in the drop-off line is a mind chasing its tail. Then, as her mind is chasing its tail, it throws in a few “Make this stop!” demands. What would make this stop? The “right” school, of course!
It’s crazy to see how a mind makes up problems and makes up solutions to those made up problems.
Then we take our marching orders from this schizophrenic mind and we’re off to fix the world so we can feel more peaceful in the drop-off line.
