Sometimes A Most Perfect Thing Is Only Seen By Accident
- What is Community?
- The Power of Listening
- The Almonds Are Falling
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Practising Due Diligence
- Thanks to the Beach Workers who Support our Community
- Persistence Finally Has Its Rewards
- The Case to be Made for Having Expectations
- Patience – What is it anyway?
- Taking Time to Play
- Moving Gently Through My World
- Dealing with Change: Challenge or Opportunity
- The Fisherman’s Wait
- Sometimes You Need to Just “Take it Off the Menu”
- How Does One Define Health?
- Look Up, Way, Way Up
- A Playful Consideration of Perhaps a Message Received
- Balancing Time Alone and Time Together
- Being Gentle With Ourselves
- Purpose: is it Nature or Nurture?
- Waiting For A Guide
- The Power of Listening
- Goals versus Expectations How are these different?
- Remembering the First Call of a Buried Dream
- Barriers Can Be Opportunities
I love this Judith. I have been on a mindfulness journey for the last couple of years, learning to appreciate the moment. I found your blog through a comment you left on Leanne’s Cresting the Hill. I’m so glad I did.
Welcome Christie Thank you for stopping by.The skill you are developing is so important as part of living an authentic life, and, I believe, is much more so during this Covid time. Please visit frequently and share.
Hi Judith – I thought I’d pop over to check out your blog after your lovely comment on mine. Where you’re living sounds amazing and I couldn’t agree more about the sheer joy of having the time to notice the small things. All those years of juggling family, work, chores, leisure….. and I barely took time to breathe, let alone inhale deeply and feel that innate sense of peace. I don’t think I will ever sacrifice that again – once you’ve had it, it’s very hard to imagine living any other way.
Hi Leanne, Thank you for sharing. “Sheer Joy”, Yes,, and the time to feel it. We are so lucky to have found it.
I need to figure out a way to shed my nasty anxiety and to be fully present in the moment in the way that you describe in this post. Thank you so much for this. Maybe just more practice?
Hi Leslie, No magic secret but certainly “Breathing” helps . I have studied QiGong for a long time and my early morning walk includes pausing to do simple balance and breathing exercises. Look up this video for a simple breathing technique which takes less than 20 seconds. Breathing Technique with Dr. Ben Rosen
I, too, have learned to pay more attention to my surroundings. Whereas I used to fly on my walks in order to get back and start my busy day. Being retired has taught me to gear down, slow down, take in the beauty of the flowers, the sea, the beach…..I’m on no schedule now, I’m free! And, yes, it’s okay to stop and say hello to my fellow early morning walkers. Being at peace with my self and my environment is truly a blessing for me. I didn’t learn all this overnight…….4 years to be exact.
Yvonne, Are we are becoming wise, as well? It takes so long to give this gift to oneself !!