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being mindful is. Not easy.

January 11, 2017

I’m 11 days into January.  What have I realized about my goal to be mindful?

It’s hard.  But someone I know once told me, I can do hard things.  This way I know it’s possible but I can still admit that it’s hard. 

I mess up.  LOTS.  

What I have noticed helps with being mindful. 

Making those cranes.  It pulls me in for those few minutes I’m folding that flat paper into a bird.  Not just a bird but one that actually represents peace.  One that I had seen so much after my grandpa passed on.  In the most unusual spots too.  Even now when I see what I call an egret or crane because heck, honestly I’m not a bird expert.  I just know it’s a bird with long legs, a long neck, a long beak and a pretty wide wing span.  Pure white.  It’s always the pure white ones that I seem to notice.   Those remind me of grandpa.  This practice of folding a crane has a calming effect on me and it pulls me into mindfulness.  

Listening to music is nice too.  I have always been one to have music playing.  I prefer music as opposed to television.  I love to cook with music, clean with music, drive with music, walk with music.  I used to wish my life had a soundtrack that just played all day long depending on what I was doing.  I know it’s good to listen to the things around me too.  Especially when the rain falls or a waterfall, airplanes, birds, cars just the noises that surround me.  However when I listen to music really listen to words and stuff then I can be mindful.  I have noticed that certain songs make me cry when I really listen to the words.  So I have tried also to be more mindful when I hear songs.  That’s actually hard for me too because my mind wanders so much.  Working on it.  

I sure don’t want to give up.  That would be too easy.  I’ll keep working on it.  

 

 

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