Mindful Musing Gifts

"I suggest we ignore him - he's just another identity workshop victim."

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

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

"Oops! I just deleted all your files. Can you repeat everything you've ever told me?"

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

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

I want a calendar where every day says here and now

"Look, if I had all the answers, would I be living alone on the top of a mountain?"

"In school we learned about Staten Island. Is that where they make all those pills you take?"

"Chop wood, carry water, walk dog."

Roger feels that there are only two inante instincts in men and women. One is satisfaction of biological needs...the other is self-actualization.

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

The power of the brain

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

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

"You what? Well, you darn well ought to have a guilt complex"

Mental baggage, a brain with a handle for easy carrying.

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

'Have a couple of dreams, and call me in the morning.'

'It's called doctor-patient confidentiality. In layman's terms, you're paying me to keep my mouth shut.'

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

"I worry that some people find me boring"

"If I didn't worry all the time what would I do with myself?"

"You've got to want to connect the dots, Mr. Michaelson."

Internal Prisons

"You've got an inferiority complex, alright, but what's worse is...it's not a very good one."

'Hurry up and enjoy your life as a pensioner! Three.. Two.. One..'

Analyst has an ink blot on a card for a head.

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

'I was happier when I was unhappy.'

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

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