Mantras and Scripts

Mantras and scripts are what keeps us going.

I work with a population that still encounters many threats and prejudges. As high school students throughout their educational career adults have told them to ignore the bully,the taunter, and the tormentor. This works well for those that are in power positions. If you have power you can ignore the fly than lands upon you. However, If you are the hiker that comes across a bear that is going to tear you apart, ignoring the crisis will not make it go away.

For many of our students a script is needed. Words to say. Answers to give. If there is a script for those that do not have spontaneous language, then the difficult tasks of life will also work with a script. Each week in my practice last year we devoted a day to working on scripts in "dialog day."

To make this work for you, you must think of at least 2 different things to say for a difficult situation. Work on thinking about not just the words but also where your eyes are when you say them. Saying the words without eye contact does not promote feelings of the sentiment being genuine. Practice your scripts and the scripts will set you free.

Mantras are another thing. They are the mission statement that so many institutions and their leaders are imposing to keep the ship on course. Your personal Mantras.. statements that inspire you to do your plan may make a huge difference in your personal well being. The cold and icy night I learned to ski at Lake Eldora outside of Boulder, Colorada had a ski school coach that developed a mantra of "WE ARE HAVING FUN." Despite the cold wet jeans and the icy fingers.. the mantra took over the experence. Before long I was not concentrating on my physical condition but "having fun"

We need to find some personal mantras to get us be these tough times. Life is hard. Focus on what you want to do in life not on what others think you should do. You know what your mission statement. Decide a set of mantras that you can say to yourself when life or others want to push you to keep you head off of going where you need to go.

Our president is great at doing this.

We must decide what is important to what need to do and show the world through strength and grace that we are the best. It is often seen from the outside as "inner strength". I have yet to see anyone that is perceived to have inner strength that did not have a mantra.

We need scripts to meet our daily life. Mantras to push us in the right direction.

: ) Pat