“Serious things cannot be understood without humorous things Nor opposites without opposites.” Plato

Silly things can help us to achieve important things. Today will be a silly day.

Echo-words are so much fun to say. They feel good on our tongue and often make us laugh -- at least when we first hear them. I just learned term argy-bargy, and I laughed when I heard it. It means an argument or to argue; it’s both a noun and a verb. Its cousin is argle-bargle with same definition.

Argy came from argument and then it picked up an echo along way and became argy-bargy. Can you imagine possible results when you begin to use term? “Let’s not argy-bargy.” That alone might defuse any tense situation. Incorporate it into your vocabulary and enjoy pattern interrupt whenever you use it.

Hurly-burly is another echo-word. Hurly comes from root meaning to howl. Sometime in history burly joined hurly because it rhymed. We seem to like echo words -- hodge-podge, wishy-washy, what else?

A BUNCH OF GIBBERISH

Make an echo for your name. Make several. Say aloud: “My name is Julie-bulie, or Stephanie-yephanie, or Richard-slichard [use your own name, of course].” You are messing around and messing around is good. Messing around loosens up paths in your brain and habits of your tongue. Messing around supports your creativity.

“I like nonsense. It breaks up brain cells.” Dr. Seuss

Now for more messing around, more creativity push-ups. Talk gibberish. Say only nonsense syllables. If you have trouble starting, take each of vowels sounds and use variations of them. O, zo, po, kwo, ifmo, noto, tooro, ogtolopo.

Check out these six steps and see if this will work for you.

One: Decide what you really want.

Decide what you really want, and then look at what is preventing you from having it NOW.

Look at each one of thoughts that are preventing you from having it now, and ask yourself these questions about each thought:

Could I allow myself to welcome this thought? Could I allow myself to accept this thought? Could I allow myself to release this thought? To just let it go?

Then, when you’ve answered them, go on to these questions:

Could I release it? (This is different than *Could I ALLOW myself to release this thought.*) Would I release it? When?

It’s perfectly OK for no to be an answer. This is just to get your mind used to idea of releasing thoughts that have kept you from accomplishing your goals.

Two: Get leverage.

Get leverage by associating extreme pain to NOT changing NOW, and extreme pleasure to experience of changing NOW. Do a lot of visualizing here. If you need help, go to http://www.tameyourbrain.com/powerpicture.htm

Three: Release pattern that is limiting you.

In order to release pattern that is limiting you, you need to identify what that pattern is, then use same technique in step one for releasing it. Also, you may find additional information here: Http://www.tameyourbrain.com/beliefpattern.htm

Four: Create a new, empowering alternative.