| I've always thought meditation was like a shower, | | | | travelling, or have company...it's so easy to put off |
| in a lovely poetic sense--the 'shower' of healing | | | | meditation. After a while, I almost dread it! |
| biochemicals, washing through our body...but after | | | | But--here's the great part. Here's why I realized |
| a recent holiday road trip, I realized meditation is | | | | meditation really is like a shower in more ways |
| like a shower in another way, too. | | | | than one. |
| Have you ever put off taking a shower? You | | | | When you finally go do it, once you get |
| know you need to, and you know it will feel | | | | started--you don't want to stop! It feels so good! |
| good...you really DO want to, but it's just so much | | | | You don't want to get out--and you can't imagine |
| trouble to get up and DO it! It's easier to just sit | | | | why you waited so long! And afterwards, you |
| here right now... | | | | really DO feel clean and refreshed and wonderful! |
| Meditation is so much like that! And if you're just | | | | So--if you've been wanting to meditate, but never |
| starting (with meditation, I mean--I figure you've | | | | get around to it--you're totally normal! (Well, I'm |
| got showers down), then you may think the | | | | sure you're not Totally normal, but at least in that |
| reluctance, the experience of wanting to and then | | | | you are!) Just drag yourself on in and give it a |
| not wanting to meditate, is just you, because | | | | few minutes. You'll love how it feels once you get |
| you're new to the process. | | | | started! And you'll love the renewing freshness of |
| Not so! I've been meditating for many years, and | | | | your mind. |
| even now, when I get out of my normal | | | | You may be nicer to be around, too! Blessings! Dr. |
| patterns, or when I'm busy, or when I'm | | | | |