Welcome to another Mindfulness Talk.
Today we're going to talk about time.
Time is slow but also fleeting.
One minute you're young and wishing for a certain milestone,
And the next you are wishing for time to stand still and not move forward.
Emotionally,
We go through life with connections of love,
Trust,
Bonds,
And grief.
The cycle of life goes on and we need to cherish the moments of all the special things we experience.
We need to respect and cherish our time.
Many of us have difficulty with time.
We're either rushing to get to an end or wishing for it to stop in its tracks.
Many times we'll want to stay in a moment,
Something that we're very much enjoying,
And then on the flip side we'll want time to speed up so we can get to something we want to do or waiting for something that we know we will enjoy.
Frequently we will put time off,
Especially when it's a project we don't want to do or a place we may not want to go.
When you have respect for time,
You understand and develop a mindset that it's precious,
A precious resource not to be wasted.
Think back to relationships with loved ones and how you may have wished you had spent more time or given more of your attention.
We cannot undo what has passed,
So it's important to recognize our opportunities and take every advantage of the time we are given.
Looking toward meditation and mindfulness,
We can ship our perception of time according to research by learning to be more attentive and savor the familiar details of our lives.
Recognized expert on the topic of mindfulness,
Jon Kabat-Zinn,
Says,
The real meditation practice is in every moment.
It's how we live our lives and how we wake and aware we can be and how centered our awareness we are.
Then we can see how that influences the way we live our lives.
His thoughts are that mindfulness is a pure awareness.
It's becoming aware of all around us,
Both the interior and exterior,
And the inner and outer experience that leads us toward how we are going to conduct ourselves in the next moment.
Otherwise,
We are just on autopilot and being pulled around by outside sources and not living our lives as fully as we might.
I encourage you to live mindfully and cherish all the moments in your life without trying to move time in any direction other than moment to moment.
Thank you.
