| Making the time to learn how to meditate for | | | | become part of who you are. Your mind and |
| beginners is a huge obstacle for many people just | | | | body are constantly on the go... "No time to stop, |
| starting out. If I had a dime for every time I | | | | gotta stay busy, gotta get it all done"! |
| heard "I don't have time to meditate"... (dream, | | | | To maintain a frantically busy schedule takes a lot |
| dream) | | | | of time, effort and energy. It's no wonder most |
| Anyhoo, back to meditating. Are you one of | | | | of the population is exhausted all the time and |
| those busy folks with a crazed schedule thinking "I | | | | becoming ill. |
| don't have time"? If the answer is "Yes", I want | | | | The good news is, at any time you can recreate |
| to let you in on a little secret... the reason you | | | | your life. Start out by saying "I have plenty of |
| don't have time is because you keep saying "I | | | | time. There is enough time to accomplish |
| don't have time" and you believe "I don't have | | | | everything I need to". |
| time". | | | | Things may or may not appear to change at first, |
| To some, this statement makes perfect sense. | | | | but the more you consistently change your inner |
| To some, this statement may even enrage you. | | | | dialogue to think there is plenty of time, your |
| No need to be enraged, let me explain. | | | | physical World will change, guaranteed. You may |
| Our lives are what we make them and the | | | | even maintain the same schedule but it will FEEL |
| product of our own creation. Whether you choose | | | | like you have more time... make sense? |
| to subscribe to this philosophy is your choice. But | | | | Make a commitment to yourself that you |
| I will say this...life becomes a physical manifestation | | | | DESERVE to have a few minutes of quiet time to |
| of what your inner beliefs are and inner dialogue is | | | | yourself to rejuice your battery and refresh your |
| saying. | | | | mind. Start by taking 5 minutes a day to do a |
| Perhaps you learned from your Mom and/or Dad | | | | little mini meditation. Close your eyes and do |
| that keeping busy at all times will keep you out of | | | | some deep breathing. Inhale fresh clean air and fill |
| trouble. Maybe when you were young you were | | | | those lungs with tons of oxygen. Exhale and |
| rushed around from soccer, to ballet, to | | | | release. Repeat. |
| gymnastics, to baseball, to piano lessons, and on | | | | Take care of your body and mind and they will |
| and on. | | | | thank you, in kind! |
| This is not a bad or good thing. It has just | | | | |