| I've decided that procrastination and avoidance | | | | meditation as a treasure in our lives. It didn't really |
| are just tricks of the mind. | | | | take me very long to come up with quite a |
| Have you ever decided to do something, know | | | | sizable list. I only had to look at my week and see |
| it's a great idea and then done everything you | | | | the number of tasks, people, problems needing |
| could to avoid actually getting started? I'm sure | | | | solutions and distances needing to be travelled to |
| you have and it doesn't seem to matter just | | | | see that my need for a calm and tranquil space |
| exactly what it is you have set your mind to | | | | should be very high on my list of priorities. |
| avoid, it has a way of catching up with you. | | | | Well, it is of course. |
| I wanted to write about meditation, how it can be | | | | - I write a blog about it for goodness sake. |
| a really powerful force for good in your life and | | | | - I attend a weekly meditation group in my local |
| what benefits it may bring to you. | | | | area and we sit in quiet companionship for an hour |
| So rather than get organised and create a plan of | | | | or so and it is wonderful. |
| action with a sensible outline and approach, I | | | | - I'm even looking to gain a certification to teach |
| picked up a gardening magazine and began to flick | | | | meditation (in the real world) |
| through it. And then on the second last page my | | | | So, obviously it's high in my consciousness but it |
| inspiration lay in wait for me. It was a quote from | | | | wasn't always so. I've struggled to fit it into my |
| James Allen, from his classic book "As A Man | | | | day - even into my week at times - but as my |
| Thinketh". | | | | relationship with meditation developed, as I began |
| So of course I got on the net to find out a little | | | | to see and feel it's many benefits it became |
| bit more and there was a free e-book to | | | | easier and easier. |
| download and such an array of resources related | | | | As my friend and mentor Steve D'Annunzio once |
| to this that I knew this was a great place for me | | | | said to me: "You are a winner just because you |
| to begin again. | | | | show up every day" |
| Here is the quote that caught my attention: | | | | - This is such a wonderful concept because it |
| "Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels | | | | means you don't have to judge either yourself or |
| of wisdom... The more tranquil a man becomes, | | | | your meditation. |
| the greater is his success, his influence, and his | | | | - Just the fact that you sat quietly and created |
| power for good." Can you see why I was so | | | | that calm and tranquil place for yourself means |
| inspired? | | | | that you have been successful. |
| Meditation is a wonderful pathway to 'calmness of | | | | - It doesn't matter if you were fidgetty, if the |
| mind', it's a perfect process, tool, way of being | | | | time you spent was short or long, if you fell |
| that can bring you such rich rewards for so little | | | | asleep or kept thinking about the shopping - you |
| cost. It is indeed one the 'beautiful jewels of | | | | win because you show up. |
| wisdom' of which James Allen speaks. | | | | So keep showing up, each and every day until |
| So you know what happens next right? | | | | your relationship with Meditation is strong and it |
| Forgetting that I was mid procrastination, I | | | | powerful presence in your life is as natural as |
| started to think about why we would think about | | | | your breath. |