It Is Kind of Wonderful

The content of my consciousness is an ongoing movement of thoughts and emotions.
I have found that through any effort of will I don't seem to be able to bring this content to a complete stop and resisting it winds up in frustration and a wastage of energy.
What I have learned is that I can just observe it. I don't have to act upon it.
This action of just observing it is like standing on the shore of a river and watching it flow - all the thoughts and emotions flowing by and fading like a storm or clouds across the sun.
There are some beautiful thoughts and emotions that I can appreciate and enjoy.
There are some painful thoughts and emotions that I am just still with - as if I had the flu.
There are some angry thoughts and emotions that I watch like I would a dangerous animal.
Each set of thoughts and emotions comes and goes like a storm or a sunny day.
No matter what they are, they are a part of human life and they will pass - the good and the bad - so observe them and be interested in them like a scientist observing the natural world.
It is kind of wonderful.