CREATE A MENTAL DISCIPLINE
I feel best about myself when I am disciplined. That’s when I notice a difference in the quality of my life. I started to let my body slip away. For many years I was in pretty good shape from all of the sports I played. But it started catching up with me. I slowly noticed changes I didn’t like but didn’t make the commitment to change until recently. I have been going to the gym for the last few months and I feel good. I also meditate on a regular basis. My main work all of these years has been on how to turn off my mind from all its chatter…the teachers and the sages call it “monkey mind”. It’s great if we can suspend all our judgments or considerations about what is going on in our life or someone else’s. We then have a momentry respite from the world and all its forces. We create a stillness from all of our thoughts.
We can do this for part of the day if we take time to have a regular discipline…such as meditation…yoga…a martial art, a practice separate from the rest of your life. It could be running, playing music or dance…But something that fully engages you for a period of time on a regular basis. So it becomes a mental discipline.
Then once you develop the regularity you expand your ability to focus and to experience a oneness with what you are doing that is carried over into the rest of your life. Even though your practice might be for a brief period of time it has the potential to affect your entire life. But first you must be courageous and bold by beginning…Make a commitment. For a more in depth discussion of what is possible you might want to read Start Your Day on Your Terms which is in the Leadership section of my website, http://www.inspirepossibility.com
Journey On
Mark