WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE MINDFULLY?


Amy Collins


WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE MINDFULLY?


Living mindfully means we develop and improve upon our sense of awareness regarding the choices we make on a daily basis. Learning to live this way allows us to become more self-aware and thoughtful about how we are living. Since what we think is the root of our feelings and thus determines how we behave, it is essential to become aware of our thoughts in order to live more authentically.


The key to observing our thoughts is to do so in an objective way; without judgment. We are not deciding if one thought is good or bad - simply does it work for us or not? The reason to practice this sense of mindfulness is to empower ourselves to hop off life’s hamster wheel and ask ourselves if how we are living aligns with how we want to live. For example,


does our current lifestyle align with our values? When we cultivate this sense of awareness - this sense of mindfulness - in our daily lives, we recognize that the every day choices we make create our overall lifestyle.


Becoming mindful will positively affect how we live because when we take ownership of our choices we recognize that we are responsible for what we are doing in life. Some of us may freak out and think “Yikes, I don’t want that responsibility!” But think about that - do we really want to just keep going and going and going... and doing and doing and doing...like crazy people? No. We want to thoughtfully, take ownership of our choices and slow down enough to decide if what we are doing is working for us or not?


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