Being Mindful

So I have a new radio channel that I listen to on Sirius. It is Dr. Radio. It is a bunch of physicians that work out of the New York medical center. I thing thats the right hospital. So anyways they do their show right out of the lobby of the hospital which is cool in of itself. Anyways they have lots of different topics. The day before yesterday I was listening to the pediatric show and they were talking about being "Mindful".

They were talking alot about how people are not mindful anymore. In the dictionary it says...Mind-ful...giving though or heed to. Anyways this one doctor said she was walking down the streets of New York and had walked 12 blocks and hadn't noticed a thing that she saw. She was busy thinking about all the things that she had to do that day. I was thinking that is so me. Another physician said sometimes she is reading and reads 5 pages and realizes that she doesn't remember anything that she read and so she has to go back and re-read those pages. Also they talked about how when you have conversations with people and you really aren't engaged and being mindful. I am guilty of this also. Mostly with my kids which makes me feel terrible. I know I have talked about living in the moment before on my blog, but this whole concept felt more real to me today for what ever reason.

How many of you have these moments? I do all the time. We live in busy times and are all so busy. It is time that we all slow down and relax our bodies and minds. We don't need to be thinking about all the lists of things we have to do, or what we will be doing on the weekend. We need to really focus on the exact moment that we are having and enjoy them to the fullest.I always contribute this to living in a city. I somehow think that if I didn't have to live in the city I would be different. Well sadly this is my reality and I need to learn to make the best of it. To enjoy every moment that I have each day. The physicians talked about how important it is for us as human beings to do this. That we de-stress our minds. Of course they gave examples of doing this by breathing right, yoga, exercise, reading etc. So this is my goal this week. I am only striving for this week so that I don't start letting my mind run crazy with how am I going to fit this in to my schedule etc. So yesterday I tried it out and had great luck with it. Rob spent the day with me since my birthday was sunday and we didnt do much. One of the ways I know that I was relaxed is we were returning this big door back to the school and rob was helping me. Right as we were going to put it down I think rob slipped on a cart and I tried to compensate for it and the dang thing broke. My normal reaction would have been to lose control and be ticked off about it. But nope not me in my mindful state. I was just like crap....we are going to have to make a whole new one. Aren't you proud of me?

Today my mindfulness started with kyle calling me....

"Mom can you call the school to get me out at lunch so I can go to lunch with Kristen?"

"Where is your I.D. badge kyle?"

"I don't know, I can't find it".

(the old me) "Kyle you continually are losing this you need to go get another one"/

"But it is $10.00 and I don't want to pay that".

(again the old me somehow thinking I am teaching him to be responsible) "Well it isn't my problem and I am tired of calling the school for you".

"Fine I won't go...Bye".

Then I remembered that I being mindful today and turned it around and thought, my son needs me why is it so hard for me to do this? So I called the school and sent him a text that there would be a note waiting for him. Then I got a call from Kailey asking me to bring some costumes over to her. So I said I will bring it right now...

I realize that these moments of my kids needing my help with be short lived and I need to appreciate them for what they are. I love them