Well today was great, gave me some good insight. No insight about weddings in particular, but in my own personal life. A psychologist spoke about some research she has been doing with mindfulness. What an interesting thing, however, it seems difficult to so many. We spoke about the DOING mode versus the BEING mode. We did some relaxing exercises where we were asked to visualize and really focus on sights, sounds, textures, etc. The point of this was to compare what we observe when we live a life on "auto-pilot," the DOING. What I come to realize is that hours, days, and sometimes weeks pass and I have observed virtually none of this because I let the DOING mode take over and forget what is around me, simple things, things I can touch, look at, enjoy everyday, but don't. We spoke about how sometimes we do things repetitively and call them chores, the example used was gardening. We know we plant things to make our yards and houses look nice and colourful in the summer months, however, they require care. This is work, we water them, pull weeds and trim them, however, this is where it ends. The story we were hearing about described a lady who went from the DOING mode to the BEING mode and was able to really enjoy the experience. SHe described the sights and sounds around her, she truly began to be in the garden and became mindful to the world around her that she rarely stops to observe. I thought, wow, and today, I felt kind of weird. I cannot described it but it was difficult for me to really stop doing and start being, but I was trying and I was realizing that many of the things that stress me out, are really interesting, funny, enjoyable, etc. I am truly thankful for this recognition, it couldn't have appeared at a better time.
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