Coloring Books And Such

When I was a little kid,I had a tremor in my hands so coloring in coloring books was a challenge. I knew I had to “get it right”, so if the coloring went outside the lines I would subconsciously beat myself up.

Over the years, doing anything that I thought required a steady hand I would do my best to avoid doing- and pretty successfully.

Then I got a call from my friend @Carolynn Schwartz Black a couple of months ago. “I love the affirmations you’re posting”, she said. “What would you think if we did a coloring book of them?”

“That’s great”, I said noticing the feelings of dread that were surfacing.

Being a man, I did the normal thing and ignored them.

Until this week… I noticed that everyone was telling me that adult coloring books were huge and therapeutic – and I was thrilled to hear all that, but I knew the truth. Coloring is bad and confronting and difficult.

So, I mentioned all this to my coach @Ed Bohlke.

“You don’t think my emotions around this subject could interfere with the book’s success do you?”

I knew the answer.

He laughed his ass off.

“You know what your homework is, don’t you?”, he said.

“Uh, you want me to color one of my books?”, I said.

“Yup.” Sigh.

So, I called Carolynn and told her the story. And, she laughed her ass off.

“Listen”, she said (being wise in the ways of coloring) “don’t use crayons – use colored pencils from the 99 cent store.”

So I did and I started last night.

It was wonderful. I had music softly on my headphones, and I lovingly filled in the areas -and after a few minutes noticed how focused and peaceful I felt.

Fascinating.

I also thought about going to get some more slightly better colored pencils – and a sharpener.

Ya never know.

Namaste, I must say…

@CoachMeDave

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