As I ponder over my life and reflect on my early childhood, I often found myself asking the question of why a lot as a kid. My mind would wander, and would I would end up daydreaming after one thought. I began to realize that I was very introverted and would internalize everything, the good and the bad. Once I began to read about mindfulness, awareness, and meditation. I was able to slow my mind down and organize the thought process, which allowed me to expand my consciousness and get more connected with life in general. There are many benefits to this practice, and if implemented, you can expect growth in many areas of your life.
We are born into this life in a hurry to grow up, so we can hang out with the older kids to be cool. What we don’t realize is that with old age comes responsibility, and hanging out with the cool kids is often overrated. Then we rush through school thinking about graduation so we can leave the house and go to college, to be on our own. What we have to realize is that life conditions us to be in a hurry all the time in everything we do. At some point, if you don’t take notice and slow down, you will be forced to slow down by many illnesses and ailments where rest is the only cure. Meditation allows you to slow the mind down and create an environment where mindfulness can evolve. Mindfulness is being consciously aware at times of what you’re doing. If you are washing the dishes, you focus only on the task and nothing more. Once your mind begins to become distracted by other thoughts, you immediately come back to the present and focus again. The goal of mindfulness is to get to a state where you’re aware of everything you do.
As you practice mindfulness and meditate, your consciousness expands, and you begin to realize how amazing it is to be alive, to experience nature and its beauty, and to connect with people through conversation. You become grateful for the small things in life because you’re present enough to notice and appreciate them. As you go through life, remember to understand how precious your mind is and protect it. Slow down and take notice of all that you have and be grateful. Until next time, may you begin to experience the prosperous nature of life and live more in mindfulness. Be you. Be great.
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