Mental Focus Gifts

How to think and act like a professional cricketer.

"Hey, I'm thirsty. I need a drink. A drink and a liverwurst sandwich. Hey, how about a sandwich and a beer down at Gallagher's, then we can go shoot some pool? Or maybe take in a movie. Hey, I'm talking to you."

"Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink in the wild air." — Ralph Waldo Emerson "Catch tennis balls in the mouth." — Me

'No, I'm not stranded. This is the only place I could find that has no distractions.'

"I have a recurring nightmare that I've taken a test, and the professor won't give me an 'A'."

A Hard Look At Hard Looks

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

"I keep telling myself I've got to slow down."

"Why can't I get anything done unless I'm totally stressed out about it?" "Is it possible to be relaxed and still be productive?" "What is wrong with my brain?" "Why don't you work better?"

I want a calendar where every day says here and now

'Cartoonist thinking'

Go ahead and dissect me

Hypnotoon

2 + 2 = 4. 2 x 2 = 4. Oh, I get it! It's a Zen thing!

The power of the brain

“What if I tell you the card you are thinking of is … the Jack of Hearts ?”

"Don’t think of that tennis ball as lost. Think of it as finally free."

'I don't know why Doc, but my life is really upside down...'

"You are responsible for editing your thoughts. I'm just here to audit them."

"Tell me more about the voices in your neck."

"A pessimist thinks that we've already arrived."

'Your problems are caused by all-or- nothing thinking. It's either that, or you don't have any problems.'

'I always answer their questions with a question - it drives them nuts!'

'Fersteimer believes in strictly minding his own business.'

"I worry that some people find me boring"

A man in therapy session is communicating with his therapist through laptop . .

'Hey, hey -- You've got to stay focussed.'

"Hmmm?!"

'I don't know how you stand listening to people's problems all of the time, Doctor Barnes.'

"The alarm will alert us when our meditative, present-moment-restoring tech break has ended."

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with worrying that you forget something."

"People can bridge the great distance between the Earth and the Moon..."

"Thank you."

Internal Prisons

"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates. For dogs maybe, but not for cats.