Postcards from the Funny Farm

Okay, so here’s another brain stretching suggestion: not quite as out there as how roller-coasters are good for your grey matter but close. Today my wife drove my Jeep and I rode in the passenger seat … whoa, what a difference. Everything looked different, even the radio. It got me thinking about perceptions. It does a human mind good to have a paradigm shift like that once in a while. It makes you realize your reality is so very subjective.

You might try mixing something up this week, just for a hoot. As you try the change, don’t be surprised if it opens your mind to new ideas. This is the stuff that “breakthroughs” are made of and science calls it a “paradigm shift.” I call it the stuff dreams are made of.

One place I have experienced paradigm shifts in my teaching job more than anywhere else in life has been in my parent conferences. Sometimes you never understand the kid until you meet the parents. Sometimes that brings all the planets of understanding into alignment. Of course there are always anomalies.

Make a change in your routine and invite a paradigm shift, it’s guaranteed to open your mind further. Just by doing the smallest thing differently you become a bit more enlightened.

Some ideas to stimulate your thinking toward a paradigm shift this week:

1. Walk around the house naked (for me lately it would be a shift to walk around clothed, sorry to curse you with with such a visual)
2. Play a CD you dislike in your car.
3. Put the most important stuff at the bottom and the fun stuff at the top of your task list.
4. Try a new theme on your blog.
5. Eat healthy/non-healthy
6. Your own marvelous and creative ideas …