HELLO TO MYSELF AND ANY DEAR READERS:
I FEEL THE NEED TO FOCUS MYSELF ON ME, MY MIND, MINDFULNESS/MEDITATION.
ME: ALWAYS DOING, RUNNING, PLANNING, WORRYING-THE LIST COULD GO ON ENDLESSLY.
MY MIND IS ALWAYS WORRYING ABOUT WHAT WAS, WHAT IS, WHAT WILL BE-MAYBE, MAYBE, AND WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
ALL SO FRUITLESS, YET HUMAN WORKINGS ON ONESELF.
AGAIN, I REMIND MYSELF: WOULD ALL THE WORRYING, PLANNING, WHAT IF'S -CAN THEY CHANGE WHAT IS TO BE? NO, BUT IT CERTAINLY CAUSES STRESS, AGING AND UNHAPPINESS.
AND SO I GO ON TO TRY TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT I THINK, OF WHAT I DO, AND OF WHAT I PLAN. CAN I SLOW MYSELF DOWN, SIT AND BREATHE AND JUST 'BE'? WILL A QUIET YOGA POSE RELAX ME? CAN I CLOSE MY EYES AND JUST BE-WHY IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY-HOW CAN I HELP MYSELF ENJOY IT? SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN. DWELL ON THE GOOD, PRACTICE MY GRATITUDE JOURNAL, WHICH I DO AT RANDOM, BUT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.
LOOK WHAT I HAVE TODAY, RIGHT NOW. TOMORROW WILL COME AND DO WHAT IT MUST. BUT AT LEAST I (MEANING WE ALL THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION) HAVE THIS MOMENT IN TIME, IN LIFE. HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE ........... EACH ONE HAS HIS/HER SPECIAL MEANINGFUL SITUATIONS OVER AND ABOVE THE TOUGH STUFF WE ARE FACED WITH.
AND SO, DEAR READERS, I WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR MANAGING OF THE 3 M'S .
Monday, June 4, 2018
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