Introspective Breathwork
The urge to interrupt him before he had finished was overwhelming. Almost overwhelming. Marjorie had to remind herself to take a deep breath… slowly so no one would notice. At least she hoped no one would notice, but was not certain that she would care anyway. Their conversation had started on a pretty upbeat note, but as she heard Conrad talking the note changed a bit. Flat in a very minor key. With a grimace, Marjorie thought that if Conrad was a piano he would need a serious tuning job. Deep breath! What was going on? Marjorie let Conrad finish his opinions and ideas…which kind of took a rather long time. So many deep breaths that she was almost dizzy. Marjorie and Conrad had been friends since childhood. Had each gone their separate ways, maintaining contact at least annually. Their lives had been different enough that they had developed opinions and honed their beliefs, some of which were similar and some were absolutely opposite. ‘Acceptance is key to all my problems today’ was a line from some AA friend of Marjorie’s that she kept in mind while she visited with Conrad. A friend of a lifetime need not be thrown away because of the need to have the ‘right’ opinion.
“..we are not conscious of most things
until we ask ourselves questions about them.”
~ David Eagleman, Incognito:
The Secret Lives of the Brain
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