The Strongest Glue

When you step in a pile of S???, you've stepped into the strongest glue.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

Find the written versions of these podcasts on John's website: https://grasshoppernotes.com​​ 

"The Grasshopper" the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

The Strongest Glue - Grasshopper

The easiest way to get stuck is to step into a pile of "should." It's also the most preventable.

When you deem something should be the way it isn't, you have three choices:

1.        Complain about it.

2.        Do nothing.

3.        Do something.

When your reaction is to complain, you're stuck, unless you are complaining to someone who can help you. Just pissing and moaning into the wind will have it blow back on you time and again. It's the most common form of staying stuck. It never works!

Doing nothing is filled with "Ennui" - a French word for "Woe is me." Acting listless and helpless just sets the stage for the glue to harden quicker.

Doing something is the only way out. 

"It is" is the recognition that's necessary to escape from "it shouldn't be this way." Once you sidestep that trap, it's an open field of possibility.

When you hear yourself saying, "it shouldn't be this way," that can act as a trigger to get you to focus on the actual way that it is. It takes a bit of practice and the result is you don't wind up where old horses go - the glue factory. 

Think of it this way: "Should" is a bunch of man made rules that reality ignores.

When you go in the opposite direction of reality, you are heading nowhere. "Should" only goes backwards. 

It's perfectly normal to be displeased about reality; it's insane to think you can "should" your way out of it.

There is only one way to create a new reality and that is to do something - anything but should.

Taking action is the only road to freedom. Other avenues "should" work, but they don't.

If you find yourself stuck, (and who hasn't?) doing something is the way out of the muck.

All the best,

John