Hello friends!
For the longest time (really only a few weeks) I have been trying to publish my posts but blogger has been a jerk and has been failing every single time. So freaking annoying when I am actually on track and wanting to blog!
Anyhow, blogger stopped being a mega big jerk it seems and randomly let me be me again so hoorah for that!
How is life these days?
Life for me is amazing, Himself is going great guns on One Man's and I am doing my part with that and living very well indeed.
x
Friday 19 April 2013
mindfulness and being wholly alive
"Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough."
Ernest Hemingway
I
am working with all of my might to breathe deeply at least once a day.
To be alive with all my might, and to not skim over the surface of this
life.
As a society it is all about rush rush rush - so busy, so much to do blahblahblah. So often I hear people exclaim "that is the date?! Wasn't it just christmas/easter/newyears etc? Where did all that time go?"
So often I hear myself wondering the very same thing. The time goes by while we are multi tasking,
rushing, and playing on our freaking phones. Don't think for a second
that I am not the worst offender of this, believe me! Every day I find
myself hoping in the car to go someplace with himself and before we are
even out of the driveway I am checking facebook/instagram/emails. It has become such a habit that we don't even notice our conscious mind slipping into auto.
We have become so adept at this that hours can slip by before we come to.
Sometimes
(I am totally ashamed to say this) himself has asked me a question
while I am on the computer, I have answered it and after ward have no
memory of the conversation.
When
I was seeing my head doctor we focused big time on mindfulness, urges,
and of just how good the mind is at doing its own thing.
Some
exercises sound simple - eating mindfully for example. Creating a
dedicated place for eating, of turning of music/televisions, and being
present when eating. This is a big one I struggle with.
Even
when waiting in line for something I feel a mild panic if I don't have
my phone on me to play with. To actually be standing there with nothing
to do but wait and be present is at times terrifying.
Recently
I was waiting for a train, and I forced myself to put the phone away.
To not grab my book out. I just waited. It was super difficult at first,
I was almost twitchy wanting to tune back out. But you know what? Once I
truly let myself be aware of where I was, the smells, the sounds, the
temperature of the platform - I was still okay (turns out not so scary haha)
My
thoughts began to flow, and almost the whole train journey home I
pondered and looked out the window and saw things I never had before. Present and very alert. Had light bulb moments, and felt more 'me' than I would have otherwise.
My point? We are all rushing around, missing out on life, not truly experiencing the every day.
Join
me, take a few minutes everyday where you would usually tune out.
Concentrate on the smells, the sounds, the textures. Hear what you
usually wouldn't.
Be alive with all of your might.
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