One Apple A Day #718 - tuning in with myself
An out of tune guitar struggles to create harmonic sounds.
The same happens to me. When I am out of tune, I can't concentrate and bring all of me on what I want to do.
Being out of tune, to me, it means to lose the alignment with my centre. It means that I'm not present to myself.
It happens, quite often honestly.
Something or somebody just pushes or pulls me away from my centre.
When that happens, everything becomes a drag.
No matter how much I try, if I don't find my centre and become whole again, I almost useless.
Yet, some days there are things to do and tasks to complete so I keep pushing through even if I'm out of tune. More often than not, at the end of those days, I'm exhausted and not really satisfied with the outcomes.
That is why I find it vital to have tuning moments in my day.
Like what I used to do with my guitar. I stop playing for a minute, listen with attention and tune in all the strings.
Sometimes I need other instruments to find my tune, that's the magic of tuning conversations.