So today started off a little weird. I got up this morning and just couldn't get my thoughts together. It was like someone put me on auto pilot and I was just going. I stop for a second to try and get my mind to working properly, but I just couldn't do it. It took me a longer time to get myself out of the house than usual. I made sure I had the basic and I left. I figured that I would come to when I got on the road, but it was still happening. I was driving and completely zoned out. By the time I reached Starbucks, I was trying to come around. My thoughts started developing and I felt a little more like normal again. Once I got inside and started completing some of my task that I had to do, I sat back to think about what had just happened. It wasn't bad, it was just that I wasn't thinking a million thoughts per second like I usually do. Then it hit me.
My mind was blank and I wasn't thinking about anything negative. Even though I was thinking about much of anything, at least there were no negative thoughts. I wasn't thinking about nothing but what I had to do within the next few moments. I must admit it did freak me out a little because I felt like I wasn't in control of my thoughts, but then it made me realize a few things. One, it's ok to just be blanked minded for a while. That's the main reason for meditation. Two, it's a relief of some the negative thoughts that you have. And finally, it gives your mind a moment to just relax and focus on what's going on right then and there. It's like sitting at home with nothing on and just staring out the window and enjoying the beautiful scene. Then as you turn around to make another cup of coffee, you realize the blessings that you have by looking at everything in your house.
We tend to forget about the MEANINGFUL blessings because we seed them so often. We forget about them because we see them as small. I am talking about the cooking that our spouse does for us. The cleaning that they provide for our home. The friendly phone call that someone gives you everyday. The phrase "I Love You" that is said everyday before you leave the house. The taking of your clothes to the cleaners without you telling them to. All of these things we take for granted because they are so routine. But sometimes, we need to be ZONED out so that we can realize and show that we appreciate these small things. Tell that person that does the little things in your life that are MEANINGFUL, that you appreciate them. You don't have to do it everyday, but just make sure that they know that not a day goes by that you don't appreciate the little things they do. If you are not good at verbally saying it, do something special that they really like and write it in a card. ANYTHING will be acceptable when your showing your appreciation. I show my wife that I appreciate her, by doing everything that she says that she is going to do. I do it before she can get a chance to. Take the time today to show your appreciation...it just might change your life!.....TW:)
"Appreciate the appreciative appreciations of that appreciated person"-K.J Swint
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