Today it Starts

There is a sense of urgency in life today to keep moving forward at the fastest pace possible. It's utterly exhausting. We need to be in constant awareness, or shallow attentiveness I should say. It's not actual awareness, it's a weak kind of alertness.

Frankly, this is just flat out morbid. I plan to start practicing a life where I am more aware of what's around me. Taking time to:

1. Sit in silence
2. Pray more
3. Live in the moment
4. Worry less
5. "Un-load" my plate
6. Break robotic habits
7. Love

Okay, besides the last one, number six means the most to me. I can't even count how many robotic habits I have. I unconsciously do so many tasks that I don't even like doing. 

I'm not talking about cleaning the toilet or loading the dishwasher--I'm talking about choices, things I don't actually have to do. For example, the times when you talk to someone about how you're doing and you just blatantly lie in your response. Why though? I get it--we don't like to randomly get real with someone on the daily. Yet, what's wrong with being even little more honest?

If I'm going to start living a more simple, more honest life at that, I need to start being more real with myself and the people I interact with. If I don't, nothing will change. I'm going to start today. 

I want to be more mindful of my surroundings and what I'm doing. 

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