A new home, a new lifestyle and new experiences very much shift the outlook.
This year of not writing here, very much represents a year of being engulfed in the worldly woes and worries of the mundane and normal.
It has been a year of experience. The stress and business of dead lines and earning money does eat up ones mind but to find time for reflection even only for a brief moment allows one to see what has become of one's mind, ideas and thoughts.
This year of not writing here, very much represents a year of being engulfed in the worldly woes and worries of the mundane and normal.
It has been a year of experience. The stress and business of dead lines and earning money does eat up ones mind but to find time for reflection even only for a brief moment allows one to see what has become of one's mind, ideas and thoughts.
Life is an ever unfolding experience which must be constantly shaped and directed to reach one's goals. Over the last year I must admit I lost track and sight of the values of mental freedom and things you may call enlightenment. And as with anything it is merely practice that makes one better at things. So I have caught myself in midfall and resurrected the tumbling fundaments of the mind that started this blog.
Perhaps a year wiser in the worldly issues of day to day life I will now be more capable of pointing a direction for any reader to search for peace.
The mind is an interesting and complex construct. An ever changing mass of thoughts and emotions intermingling to shape decisions and actions on a day to day basis.
Some mornings you wake up and must hurry to make it to an appointment. No time for reflection, no time for finding your self. All that counts as soon as you wake up is to keep in the monotonous beat of time. Shower, dress, breakfast, travel. And all too quickly you get lost in the never ending cycle of what needs to be done and what is still on your itinerary.
But why? have you ever asked yourself this question? And I mean truly! Not just in passing.
Try this once, when you are in a rush. Just stop! Stop dead at what you are doing, sit down and think. What would actually happen if you failed to fulfil the requirements that you have set for yourself or that somebody else has set for you.
Would it be that life changing if you did? Are you actually in control? Why don't you try and take control for once. Stop letting the outside influence you and try to influence the outside.
Perhaps a year wiser in the worldly issues of day to day life I will now be more capable of pointing a direction for any reader to search for peace.
The mind is an interesting and complex construct. An ever changing mass of thoughts and emotions intermingling to shape decisions and actions on a day to day basis.
Some mornings you wake up and must hurry to make it to an appointment. No time for reflection, no time for finding your self. All that counts as soon as you wake up is to keep in the monotonous beat of time. Shower, dress, breakfast, travel. And all too quickly you get lost in the never ending cycle of what needs to be done and what is still on your itinerary.
But why? have you ever asked yourself this question? And I mean truly! Not just in passing.
Try this once, when you are in a rush. Just stop! Stop dead at what you are doing, sit down and think. What would actually happen if you failed to fulfil the requirements that you have set for yourself or that somebody else has set for you.
Would it be that life changing if you did? Are you actually in control? Why don't you try and take control for once. Stop letting the outside influence you and try to influence the outside.
If you walk down a busy street, stop in your track and just watch the people passing by, their downcast gazes, deep in thought. "Ive got to get this done, I had better hurry up to catch that bus, I need to go shopping quickly."
Everybody is so caught up in what they need to do for the future that they forget that living is an activity done in the present. Try every day to be aware of what you are doing. Live in the NOW for once and blend out all those thoughts about the future. It will alter your perspective dramatically. It will give you an indication at where you stand against your aspirations. It will show you whether you are actually happy with what you are doing. Try it.
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