I'm so terrible at it that I have a difficult time even focusing on the lessons themselves without being distracted by either an upcoming issue or a past mistake. Ironically, it also involves being non-judgemental which of course I just was about my ability to be mindful. Both seem like impossible challenges to master and at this point even practice.
My mind is always either in the past thinking about my wrongs in life
or in the future worrying about problems I have to address. It is rarely in the moment which is where it should be. I think we all can relate to this problem. It's not easy focusing on the moment being a human in the frenzy of today's world.
Being non-judgmental of situations, challenges or people is difficult as well. It just seems natural to do so and I'll be the first to admit I'm not good when it comes to people especially.
The goal is to be more calm, effective, tolerant, and increase one's ability to regulate their emotions while being non-judgmental and flexible rather than impulsive, conflicted, stressed, or having mood dependent behavior all while living in the moment.
It involves a long list of techniques including meditation, deep breathing, prayer, exercise, observation and much more. Personally I find the deep breathing to be quite effective and tonight I'm going to take a long walk. I'm not a religious person but I do pray most everyday. Mostly I just pray for God's guidance.
All in all the concept seems to make a lot of sense. Wouldn't we all want to feel less stress and simply live in the moment.
A daily, hourly, minute to minute practice - redirecting the voice in my head. Learning to be mindful, remembering to breathe and to pray. Grateful for your written reflections and grateful for you. You are worthy.
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