I Don't Need To Practice

There's something we're all proficient at that we don't need to practice it anymore. Find out what it is in this mini podcast.

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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"The Grasshopper" is 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. 

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

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Transcript

I Don't Need The Practice

There’s something I’m totally proficient at that I don’t need to practice anymore. I suspect you are too, yet we keep practicing.

Yes, “practice does makes perfect,” and man am I good at it.

It’s hard for me to say I’m perfect at something without losing my false sense of humbleness, but here I am saying it and meaning it.

“Nobody’s perfect,” you say, but I say, “I am and so are you.”

“OK, Mr. Braggypants, what is it that you’re so perfect at and claim that I am too?”

Before I reveal the secret of perfection, let me remind you that you may keep on practicing even after you discover that you don’t have to. We’re so conditioned to this practice that it’s hard for us to let it go.

One more thing: pretend you are a musical virtuoso. You are the world’s best at playing your instrument. You've practiced more diligently than most and the thought of giving up practicing is foreign to you, even though you now know it’s not in your best interest to do it any more.

(Drumroll please) The thing that I’m perfect at and so are you, the thing that we’re so practiced at that we no longer need to do, and the thing we’ll have a hard time saying, “fond adieu” to is this:

Railing Against Reality

Congratulations! You have perfected this skill and you’re world-class at it. Now the challenge is to stop practicing, so our skills will erode.

I never thought I would drink a toast to the erosion of skills but, hey, even old dogs learn new tricks.

Here’s the promise: If you give up practicing this practice, you’ll stop giving up your peace.

You give away a piece of your serenity every time you fuss and fume about "what is."

Start with something small. For example, stop railing against the reality that dishes in the sink need to be washed. Do you really want to give away your peace because you have to use a tiny bit of elbow grease?

It gets easier from there as you move on to bigger realities. And as a result, you become less perfect.

So the remedy to stop railing against reality is to practice being less perfect at it. It not only calms the mind, it relieves the pressure from your daily grind.

All the best,

John