Yesterday, i really listened to my son. I stopped all the thoughts whirring through my head….what to make for dinner ? Did I send that report ? Is my daughter making friends at school ? Do I need a coffee, What time will my husband be home? I still haven’t finished the school paperwork ! Man I need to exercise….I just stopped. I took a few deep breathes, I looked at him, concentrated on him and listened to him talk. He’s four, so the conversation was brief, but full of emotion and clear expression of his first day of school. And then it was done. But I feel satisfied in the value of that moment. Taking a second to stop. Breathe. Release. Re-centre. I’m reading a book on mindfulness by Chade Meng Tan called Search Inside Yourself. I’m on Chapter 4 and its been fantastic.
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