“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour. ” ―
Walt Whitman
If I could pin point the day that has inspired my life the most it would be the day I choose to begin to consciously live in the moment, for the moment and be completely present. On this seemingly ordinary day it hit me like a ton of bricks and I knew that I needed to change. I will start with just me. Collectively our Western culture might need to change.
I was pregnant with my youngest daughter at the time and unable to drive because of my epilepsy so I decided to catch a train to Brisbane City to see my Obstetrician. I was a tad bit excited; it had been years since my last train ride. The train I was about to board was the business rush train, everybody on their way to the grindstone. Lucky for me I was pregnant so one lovely young gentleman gave me his seat.
The train was packed like a can of sardines. I put my bag on my lap, got comfortable, fixed my clothes and I looked up briefly as I was fumbling in my bag for my phone. What I saw though brought on one of my biggest ah ha moments to date… every single person on that train that day was looking at a phone or tablet, except the elderly man sitting next to me and of course me… now. I quickly slid my phone back into my bag. I tried to make eye contact with someone, but nothing. I tried to make sense of what had happened to society, nothing. I felt a deep overwhelming sadness. Luckily the lovely man next to me felt my pain and he made a big joke about how talking to people was so out of fashion these days. So guess what? That’s we did for the next hour, we talked, we laughed we were present. I never really was very fashionable.
On this train ride I got to meet someone new and have a laugh, the worry about wasting an hour of my life in boredom was gone. I stopped caring 10 minutes into the ride that people were cranky with us because we were being too noisy… laughing.
I made a pack with myself that day… a deep one on one inner dialogue with myself. I vowed from that moment on that I would endeavour to embrace every single moment in this life, remembering that every single morsel of this life is precious and sublime (even the shitty stuff because it enables me to really appreciate the good stuff). I am going to make an effort to stop holding onto the past or worry about a future that is still unwritten. Who cares if I’m on a train, this may be my last day and lets be frank train rides can change lives (Here! Here!). Remembering to live in the moment has made my life pretty simplistic but has also brought me oodles of happiness. I am no longer looking for the next big thing that will make me happy; I choose to live happy!
How do you feel in this moment? Do you have thoughts about future events? Is your mind racing with things that you need to do (hopefully not too much because than that would mean that my blog is boring you)? How would your life feel if you were happy with what you had and needed nothing extra? Would you feel Joy? Does it make you feel nervous? It is a pretty incredible feeling being happy with what is. There is a special energy that is attracted to what is, this energy will bring you more things in your life to be grateful for… the bigger things. It is the ego talking when it says I will be happy when I have this or that, not your soul. Happiness with what is equals a constant feeling of gratefulness. All this from a train ride!
Originally posted on: http://mindfulmummyhealing.com
Love and light and all things nice,
Kylie Riordan x
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