So I made up this awesome new mantra just the other day when replying to an email. I am pretty excited by my random genius! This fits in with my plan to have a full life instead of a busy, stressed out life. I have been thinking of mindfulness. To me being mindful is being fully present in the moment. I would also say it’s a way of staying focused on personal priorities in each moment. What is really important to you should be important each moment. I want to feel positive about, learn from and appreciate as many aspects of my life as possible. I don’t want to feel like life passed me by while I was busy with mundane tasks or worried about the path ahead or nagging and rushing to the next thing. It’s not really about happiness, I don’t have a misguided belief that I should have fun, enjoy or be happy with everything in my path. Life is not full of little sparkly butterflies floating around in harmony and light.
However, I do think that there is something to be said for contentment with both small, mundane life moments as well as large events that appear in my life. I hate feeling like I have to hurry through one thing in order to get to the next responsibility, commitment or activity. It is better to savor each moment and enjoy as much as possible whatever is in that moment. I also understand that one cannot be content with all things immediately, but perhaps we can grow into a contentment or acceptance of these more difficult things. The biblical principal is from Matthew 6:34 “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Being mindful of this helps get me through each day! Instead of being stressed out with being too busy, or overwhelmed by responsibilities, it is better to learn and grow from the moments in my full life.
Yep, it’s semantics! However, semantics have a place in mindfulness and in perspective. When I feel overwhelmed, irritated or distressed, I will focus on being content with my daily life by thinking that I am always learning, always growing!
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