MINDFULNESS

It is so difficult to silence all the voices coming from different sources that speak their wisdom and warnings.  To live present and now, even for a brief time, I need to unplug from the noise and clutter of my mind.  My mind resists silence and is continually trying to find a way out.

Words of warning and limitation threaten to overwhelm me: “You won’t be able to”, “You aren’t being wise”, “You need to think about”, “This isn’t going to work”, “Aren’t you worried about”, “What makes you so special”. . .  I have caved in to these powerful internal and external voices in the past and lived in fear and worry.  How do I know they aren’t right?  Perhaps I’m being unpractical.  Maybe I should listen. 

It is time to stop the struggle.  Fear does not serve me.  It closes the doors to growth, creativity, spontaneity, and the delight of surprise.  I refuse to live in deprivation and regret.  I choose to follow the path of open mindedness.