The Only Thing I Can Do

If the only thing you can do is sit and stew, you haven't explored other options.

 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. 

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• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
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Transcript

The Only Thing I Can Do

You’ve probably had your share of customer service nightmares, so don’t worry – I’m not going to pile mine on top of yours.

But I will tell you something I noticed while I was right in the middle of one.

After spending way too many hours on the phone getting absolutely nowhere, I found myself doing what we all do – I got in my head. Just replaying it. Over and over. Letting myself know exactly how irritated I was.

Sound familiar?

It was now nighttime. Nobody I could call, nobody I could reach, nothing I could actually do about it until morning.

And yet . . . there I was. Still going at it in my mind. Rehashing every detail like somehow that was going to fix it.

Then it hit me.

The only time I could do something about the situation . . . was tomorrow. During business hours. That’s it.

Not now. Not tonight.

And suddenly it became really clear – going over it again and again wasn’t moving anything forward. It was just keeping me stuck.

So a better question popped into my head:

“What else could I be doing right now that might actually feel good?”

A few ideas came up . . . and one of them was this – sitting down and sharing this thought with you.

And then? I went and watched a movie that’s been sitting in my queue for way too long.

So here’s something to think about:

How often do we tell ourselves the only thing we can do . . . is sit there and stew?

When in reality, that’s just one option. And not a very productive one I might add.

There’s almost always something better we could be doing while we wait.

Something a bit lighter. A little more enjoyable.

Just a thought.

All the best,
John