Saturday 17th April 2010

How well trained are you? I ask this more as a question of habits.  How well do you think you have created habits in your life?  We all tend to have habits: getting up for work, brushing our teeth, washing, eating our food.  How often though do we actually intentionally do these activities?  Mindfulness is not about slowly doing these habits, but by being aware.  Feelings, tastes, sights, smells, sounds...all can be forgotten when we get into habitual patterns.  Try to take some time to experience one of your daily habits today.

Friday 2 April 2010

Life is something to be happy with.  Sometimes people can make their lives unhappy by listening to all the confusion going on in the mind.  The mind can work on so many levels and will never be satisfied no matter how many of our dreams become real.  This can sometimes cause disappointment though because there will always be things which do not go the same way we want them to.  Having a focus and a direction may be important, but it may also be important not to attach oursleves so strongly to the outcome.  To be equally good at winning and losing can have much more benefits in the long run. Try to accept what appears to you in life without tainting the natural event.  We all have something to be grateful for in life, if life seems hard, just focus on those things we have attained for now, no matter how small or large they may be.