Being Mindful

A little background.  I have learned an incredible amount about myself, peace, what matters, what doesn't, etc in the last 5 years or so.  I still learn though.  I will be, I certainly hope, all the days I have on earth.

The last 3 years, I have set a broad goal for myself for a New Year's Resolution.  This year, 2015, I really had to think about what I wanted to do.  It hit me a week or so ago though, and I think it will be a GREAT and even transforming goal for me.

In 2015, I will be mindful.

That sounds so silly, probably, unless you know a bit about eastern meditation.  I have always liked meditation- even in my truest of true Christian/Mormon days, and that is still the case.  For me, it allows me to have focus and I tend to be my best at solving problems when I am in a meditative sort of state.

Anyway...

This summer, I read this book. mostly on the way to and from Idaho:

A lot of it, I honestly do not identify with- as it is a bit to "Woo woo" for my taste, but one thing I DID identify with was the idea of BEING PRESENT.

Being MINDFUL.  That is what I will focus on in 2015.

I will forgive myself of my past.  I will move beyond the "woulda... coulda... shouldas...." and I will be as present as I can be in my present.  That is all I really have anyway.  When I have found myself doing that in the last 2 weeks, I can tell you, the stress and worry melts away.  I do not worry so much about "what-ifs" and I am able to just be present and content.  It is truly just incredible.

I tend to WAY over-think things- I imagine this is protective- as I have had a constant vigil for  crisis mentality, but that has NOT served me well.

So... I will be mindful.  I will feel the sun on my skin. 

I will hear the wind wrapping around me.

I will stop and listen to those around me.

I will give more hugs.

I will laugh more.

I will love more.

I will feel more.

I will give more.

I will be as aware as I can of my present and I will live within it to my best.

I will stop worrying about things I can not control.

I will stop WANTING to control things I can not control.

I will live.

Please join me.

Seriously.