Chipmunk

This morning I am reminded of a wonderful poem by Odgen Nash. I first read in in a collection of animal poems by this amazing poet that I received as a birthday give many, many years ago. As I do not want to violate copy-write* I will only post a few lines; the first from the middle and the second from the ending which is not included in anything I have found online.

......

He moves with flickering indecision

Like stripes across the television.

..

But his ultimate purpose is obvious, very

That is to get back to his chipmonistary.

 Today I feel like that chipmunk. I am dealing with Aspergers and Sjogrens. The first makes dealing with distractions difficult similarly to ADD, the second brings on brain fog, the combination makes thinking (or not thinking) difficult.

Like the chipmunks indecision, I am trying several types of self-improvement at once and this can be problematic. In my mind they compliment each other, but they all require time and my busy chipmunk mind is constantly looking for distractions.

In order of introduction into my life, the first program I am using is the Zen Meditation program offered by Wild Divine   This is a program I started a number of years back. Lost when my computer crashed and finally have reinstalled on the new computer.

The second program is Liberate Your Life by Chris Cade. http://www.chriscade.com/rishi/?section=liberate-your-life&page=details. Actually I am not working that program yet, rather reading the introductory booklet Conspiracy of Distraction. One portion I underlined was this:  

My real point is that a number one reason people don't make the type

 of progress they desire in life is because their Inner Critic makes

 them think they are bored and so they don't stick to "the program."

The third program, if it can be called that, is I am currently studying Buddhism. This seed was probably planed by the Zen meditation I've been doing though there is a lot of non-Buddhist Zen out there and the Wild Divine program is not designed to convert anyone, just to teach about Zen meditation itself.

 I have a list of "Zen Things" on my computer desktop, and the first three things on the list are:
1. Do one thing at a time.
2. Do it slowly and deliberatly.
3. Do it completely.
So as distraction keeps trying to pull me into other programs I fight the urge to "try something new." and put my efforts into the programs I have and do them deliberately and completely and keep reminding myself that the work I am doing is NOT boring, but is fulfilling.







*I attempted to look it up online to post a link, but apparently the complete poem has been taken down repeatedly by the copywrite holder, and the versions that I have found are incomplete compared to the published version I remember.