Monday, February 7, 2011

mindfulness day 7

did mindfulness exercise at work, with  walk and sitting.  Stayed present, rid thoughts as they came, or tried to.  I realize that this exercise is hard for me.  Just setting it aside as something I must do today, to check it off the list.  It’s hard for me to be mindful throughout the entire day, right now I’m limiting it to these 10-15 minutes.  I realize I am this way with my life, I want to check things off the box.  I have done this, gone here, had this experience.  I always expect the next thing to be better, and I realize it is not.  Sometimes the better thing had already passed, and I am yearning for more.  Never satisfied with now.  I am trying to accomplish all these goals, but while I am in it, I am focused on the next thing, so that I miss the moment.  How do I take this concept of mindfulness and expand it to my life and the concept of time?  Patience, being in the now.  I always want to be somewhere else, the itch to not be present, but be somewhere better. Maybe this is why I move so much, change is fun, so much else to focus on.  When the monotony of life hits, it’s mundane, and I do not want to be a mundane person.  My biggest fear is to be like everyone else, and miss the big picture.  Yet, is the big picture we are unique just like everyone else?  Paradoxically, I know I cannot keep moving.  Fiscally it’s not realistic.  I know I need some stillness, but there’s pain with sitting here and being.  How can I maintain this practice of now and be okay with it?

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