We all live busy accelerated lives, so how are we supposed to actually find the time to transform and improve it. We’re constantly hustling and bustling, dealing with a speeding society. We have demanding jobs, kids, families, along with a variety of other responsibilities taking up all our time.
The years pass us by like minutes, as you find yourself saying, “I’ll read that book when I have more time.”
What we’re wanting to create is the life of our dreams, but it just compounds and appears too difficult. What we have are so many things we want to do, yet there’s so little time.
You may be thinking you don’t have that hour to exercise, or meditate, or work on your personal development. Many find it difficult to relax even for a few moments.
Slow Down To Speed Up
Slowing down to enjoy your life should be a priority. This is something you should be mindfully doing every moment of every day, in everything you do, with everyone you meet.
Find a few moments whenever you can. Close your eyes and work on identifying then releasing your emotional blocks.
Become more aware of what others are reflecting back to you, during your conversations and interactions.
What being aware of your problems does is brings you closer to changing them.
Going Nowhere Quick
What most will do is just rush blindly through their day. We go to bed exhausted, waking up the next day to do it all over again.
For almost everyone, our lives are compounded and comprised of thousands of meaningless moments, all strung together.
There are just a few sprinkling of memories we can cherish. It could be the day you graduated, the day you met your soul mate, your marriage, the day your children were born.
These are the moments when we become consumed with joy and awe because of the achievement. These are the times when we’re completely cognizant of the moment.
This is the time we’re not worried about tomorrow, but just thinking of the moment as we cherish them in our memory banks.
Every Moment Matters
Why is it we need to rely on these major events of our lives, to honour and remember sacred moments. Why can’t every moment of every day be special. Realize It’s possible once you decide to do so.
Our lives however, are completely filled with meaningless moments. These moments are completely unmemorable, only because we don’t bother to honour them.
What we do is mindlessly hurry along, focused on the next thing, not stopping to notice our moments at all. What they do is come and go, without any type of acknowledgement from ourselves.
Make Moments Count
All it takes is just choosing to make each moment count. All that’s needed is a tiny mind shift in perception, which assigns meaning and importance to each moment we live.
It means stopping yourself to notice all the love around you, and within us. It means becoming fully present in each moment we live, because this moment is the only one that truly exists.
Instead, we worry about the future, hold regrets regarding the past, while completely ignoring the present.
Once we give “right now” this very second our full attention, even the mundane tasks become important.
Then our lives become hundreds of meaningful moments. Nothing in our life has changed except our perception, but that makes all the difference.
Changing Our Perception
What does it mean to stay in the present moment. For instance, when we’re washing dishes, we mindlessly rush through the chore, often thinking of a hundreds other things than washing the dishes.
Our minds are completely scattered, focusing on everything else but what we’re doing. Yet who can blame us, since washing dishes is a mundane task.
But once we choose to make it an experience, we then focus intently on it. What we do is take our time, pay attention to how soft the water feels, how the soap cleans the grease and grime.
We get a sense of satisfaction, as each dish becomes shiny and sparkling clean. Washing dishes then doesn’t seem that boring.
Make The Mundane Meaningful
We then don’t need or want to think about anything else, but doing the dishes. Once we give our full and undivided attention to any task, we’re no longer “doing,” but we’re “being.”
The key is we need to be aware of what we happen to be doing or not doing, when it comes to each and every moment of our lives. All that matters, is to be aware of our own state of being.
During these moments, we’re fully alive, aware, and conscious. We feel a connection to everything, as we’re one with everything. We’ve arrived.
Living The Moment
Where everyone can start, is by what’s known as walking meditation. This to honour the sacred moments of “right now” in your own life.
Most will walk to get exercise, but it’s also possible to walk for spiritual awareness.
Walking meditation is a slow process, a focused procedure where complete attention is given to each step that’s taken.
Get attuned to the feeling of all your muscles aligning and working in unison, as your breathing, your surroundings become one.
Try to walk in nature, and place focus on the environment. Don’t allow your mind to wander, by staying focused on the right now. What it takes is practice, but once accomplished, it will alter your life.
Imagine a full meaningful life where miracles happen all around you. Imagine feeling gratitude every day, while going to sleep every night feeling peace. You can, if you choose to.