Meditation: A Treasure In Your Life
To continue on this theme of ‘Calmness Of Mind” that caught my attention in the James Allen quote (see previous post) and how that relates to Meditation I started to think about why we would think about this (meditation) as a treasure in our lives.
It didn’t really take me very long to come up with quite a sizable list.
I only had to look at my week and see the number of tasks, people, problems needing solutions and distances needing to be travelled to see that my need for a calm and tranquil space should be very high on my priority list.
Well, it is of course:
- I write this blog about it for goodness sake.
- I attend a weekly meditation group in my local area and we sit in quiet companionship for an hour or so and it is wonderful.
- I’m even looking to gain a certification to teach meditation (in the real world) so it’s high in my consciousness but it wasn’t always so.
I’ve struggled to fit it into my day – even into my week at times – but as my relationship with Meditation developed, as I began to see and feel it’s many benefits, it became easier and easier.
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As my friend and mentor Steve D’Annunzio once said to me: “You are a winner just because you show up every day.”
This is such a wonderful concept because it means you don’t have to judge either yourself or your meditation.
Just the fact that you sat quietly and created that calm and tranquil place for yourself means that you have been successful.
It doesn’t matter if you were fidgety, if the time you spent was short or long, if you fell asleep or kept thinking about the shopping – you win because you show up.
So keep showing up, each andevery day until your relationship with Meditation is strong and it powerful presence in your life is as natural as your breath.
