The Mum Who Fell Down the Hole is a story about how we repeat the same pattern of stress, overwhelm & exhaustion over & over until we become aware of it and consciously change our thoughts & beliefs to create harmony for us & our kids. This is an adaptation of a story I read in the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche.
Chapter 1
Once upon a time, a mum walks down a street and there is a deep hole in the pavement.
She was juggling so many balls that she doesn’t see it and falls in.
She feels frustrated, lost and hopeless.
It isn’t her fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
Chapter 2
The next day, she walks down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the pavement.
She pretends she can’t see it coming.
She falls in again.
She can’t believe she’s in the same place. She was hoping things would turn out differently this time.
She is frustrated at her children, her partner and life!
She wants to give her children a happy childhood while having quality time with her partner, her home, her work and even herself but somehow it never turns out that way.
It still takes a long time to get out.
Chapter 3
The next day she walks down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the pavement.
She sees it is there.
She still falls in!…It’s a habit. It’s the story of her life.
She tries all sorts of different things, such as yoga or getting a massage but still life continues in an annoying and uncomfortable repetitive pattern of never having enough time, energy or patience for children, work, home, partner and herself.
She falls in her her eyes wide open.
She knows where she is.
She knows it’s her fault.
She remembers the way out and gets out.
Chapter 4
The next day she walks down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the pavement.
She sees it. Maybe she does some EFT!
She walks around it.
Chapter 5
She walks down another street.
Can you relate to this story?
I can myself and I know many mums who can. As humans we tend to repeat the same patterns over and over until we get the message and change our behaviour. Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. When we walk down the same street over and over without looking where we are going because our minds are cluttered with to do lists, worrying about what we can rustle up for dinner and trying to remember if we locked the front door this morning, it is understandable that we won’t be able to see the hole in the pavement.
The good news is that EFT can help you to:
- become aware of the hole (AKA negative patterns in your life)
- have compassion for yourself when you fall down the hole (because you will!)
- clear your mind so that you can recognise the strategies for getting out of the hole
- get out of the hole more quickly than you would have been able to otherwise
- release the limiting beliefs and behaviours that are causing you to fall down the hole in the first place
- avoid the hole
- walk down another street!
Sarah, a regular tapping mum, shared this in my facebook group a while ago:
“goodness I nearly fell into the hole of not tapping today – I am too busy!!! Then I thought NO I am too busy NOT to tap! After the tapping I am now so ramped up to crack on I can hardly sit still long enough to type this so excuse my brevity! buzzing buzzing buzzing I love tapping.”
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