In my quest to give up multitasking and be mindful in everything, it is important to acknowledge the failures and celebrate the small victories along the way. I am all too familiar with failure - just the other day, I caught myself only half tuning in on a phone call because I was trying to read something at the same time - the bad news: my addiction to and dependence on technology exacerbates this failing, the good news: I actually realized I was doing it and so I could choose to stop! A very tiny victory, to be sure, but still a baby step of progress. Being aware, mindful, helps me to live more fully and see the choices I am making in each moment - and therefore to call into question whether I have chosen the best way to spend that moment. I think most of us, certainly I do it, live on autopilot a lot of the time. Have you ever had the experience while driving along a familiar monotonous road that you suddenly become aware that you don't know exactly where you are because your mind has been engaged elsewhere? I have and it is terrifying to think I have been operating a couple of tons of machinery with such casual indifference. How much more terrifying is it to realize you have been coasting through a day, a week, a lifetime, on autopilot - doing, but not really living? Being mindful in relationships with people is challenging but the solution and focus is at least obvious: just stop. and listen...fully.
Blessings,
Janet
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