Mindfulness

Mindfulness

I have written on this topic before, yet it is SO important to

mental health that I felt the need to touch on it again.

First, let’s visit how Mindfulness  is defined online at Wikipedia :

“Mindfulness is the practice whereby a person is intentionally

aware of his or her thoughts and actions in the present moment, non-judgmentally.

Mindfulness is applied to both bodily actions and the mind's own thoughts and feelings.”

What exactly is non-judgemental mindfulness ?

Think of your body as a filter.    Thoughts come and go.    When you process your thoughts in a non-judgemental way, then the thoughts pass right through your body filter.  When you judge the thoughts your system gets mucked up by the judgement.


Need a visual on that…..    Here is a picture of my dryer’s filter.

Mother and Child Connection

Drop down and read  July 18th - yesterdays post,
before you go and read this one........  :)


I've had my blog site for over a year now.   I have not always
been a daily 'blogger'.     I knew it had been sometimes since
my last post.   It was late morning yesterday and I was
contemplating a topic to write about.    The Christmas thing
just popped into my head and I thought.....
hmmmm good topic.  :)


It's taken me many years to convince my Mom that she and
I share a telepathic communication.   I also believe that the
Mother child mental bond is one of the strongest.


My Mom is retired and has a social life with a circle of friends.
They do Senior Center activities AND bingo.   She emailed me
last night after 9:30 pm.....
I really should not have been overly shocked when I read her
email last night, but my jaw dropped and I just went..........   WOW !!!

"Tomorrow I'm going to the City Park for a picnic in the
park.  This is with the Sr. Center. 
I have to take a dessert. 
We had a Potluck today at the Sr. Center it was
Christmas in July."

Why Can’t It be Christmas Every Day ?

Why Can’t It be Christmas Every Day ?

This was a question my son Kevin asked me

this year in early January.

Now, understand at age 9 his question had more to do

with the gifts than anything else.  Of course he certainly

was not thinking about giving gifts, but being on

the receiving end of gifts.

I explained to him, as best I could about the season

and also mentioned that we celebrated his birthday

once a year.   I also told him about the ~Spirit of

Christmas~ and that it was something he could

hold in his heart all through the year.

Now just because he is 9, don’t think for a moment

that my speaking to him of the ~Spirit of Christmas~

was entirely lost on him.   

I view it as the laying of a foundation.

Still, on that day and many days since his question

has stayed with me.   

Many before me have thought of keeping Christmas

all through the year.   

To quote Charles Dickens character Mr. Scrooge

from the 1843 writing of A Christmas Carol……….

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.

The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.

I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”

There is a magic to the ‘season of Christmas’.

I honestly DO try and keep that magic alive

all through the year.    I don’t have the resources

to lavish monetary type gifts, or gifts of Earthy value,

but I, and each and every one of you have the ability to

keep alive the Christmas spirit. 

For me the ~Spirit of Christmas~ means human kindness.

I will forever be known to some Airmen as the Air Force

Mom who sent me a Christmas card, but not one they

received at Christmas time. 

I send Christmas cards all through the year. 

Admittedly it started out when I was thinking of

sending a note of encouragement and I wanted

my note card to have a certain impact.   

You certainly would be hard pressed to forget a

Christmas card in June OR the sender of such card.

I hope today you will find some way to spread

some Christmas cheer and also remember to

keep it all through the year.