If someone walked up to me right now and said, "Linda, I really think I'm going out of my mind. I've completely lost it!” I'd tell them, "Good for you! It's about time. I can't think of a better person for this to happen to. What ever you do, don't go looking for it. I guarantee, it will find you again.”

At this point in time he or she may think I've lost my mind after hearing comments like that. Which is perfectly fine with me, because I've put in a lot of time and effort to make sure I go out of my mind as often as possible. Recently, I had the joy of recognizing how much the mind wants to hold on and be in complete control of even the silliest situations.

While on one of my daily walks I kicked a rock and it went straight ahead so I decided to kick it again, and then again, until it became a game to see how far I could continue kicking it without it going off to the side and out of easy kicking access. I noticed my mind telling me to stop this silly game but my Spirit really wanted to continue. I was having fun! Suddenly the rock went clear across the other side of the road and my mind screamed, "Give it up! Forget about it. This stupid game is making the walk even longer.” I simply chuckled and did what felt best in the moment. I chose to ignore my mind and walk over to the rock and keep right on kicking.

Before I knew it, I looked like a drunk making my way from one side of the road to the other, over and over again just to keep myself connected to this silly rock. I couldn't help myself, I was having a blast! (Yes, it's true, it takes very little to entertain myself!)

What I noticed during my rock kicking adventure was my mind became completely quiet and my Spirit took over. I no longer felt this tug of war going on inside and I was jus

t Being in the moment. It was a very exhilarating and freeing feeling. I had gone out of my mind and allowed myself to do and be as I pleased. The war was over and my Spirit prevailed.

After kicking the rock for literally 2 miles, the gentlest voice from within said, "Now you can pick up the rock and look at it.” As I picked up the rock I smiled, because this was no ordinary rock, it was a perfectly heart shaped rock and extraordinarily smooth to the touch. I knew I would keep it forever to remind me of the importance of going out of my mind and moving into my Spirit.

Your mind is a very powerful tool and you absolutely cannot survive without it. It just wasn't ever meant to be in charge of your life. It's your Spirit that's in charge of your essence and who you really are and how you want to show up in the world. Your Spirit wants to explore greater things for yourself. Your mind gives you the ability to take the steps to do the exploring to feed your Spirit.

Give yourself permission to listen to your Spirit more often and absolutely start going out of your mind.