I’ll confess right off the bat: I’m not a great meditator. I always intend to do more, but so far I haven’t succeeded in making it a habit.
Today though, I attended two different-but-similar church services, each containing a few minutes of silent meditation. I liked those times of going within, just slowly watching my breath. They were times of peace.
Who doesn’t need moments of peace? I know I do! When I’ve taken the time to set my meditation timer and simply be in the moment, I find that the calmness lasts beyond the timer’s bell. That’s a winning argument to consciously make the time to meditate on my own.
I know from past practice that taking even a moment of purposefully quieting my mind pays immediate dividends to my sanity and peace of mind, so today’s invitations to simply breathe quietly into the moment served as a nudge to reestablish my daily implementation. I use the Insight Timer app, but there are many others which are helpful.
I’m grateful for the reminders I received today to get back on track. That track carries peace and a centeredness, which is mightily important as I move into the time of year when there are a lot of harried, crazed shoppers on top of my own sometimes unreasonable expectations.
May Peace prevail.
Om shanti om 🙏
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