Concentration

Are you waiting for something to change before you can feel good about yourself? Maybe you think: "I'm too fat. Once I lose these 20 pounds, then I can like my body again." "I'm not where I want to be in life. Once I get that promotion, then I can feel like I've accomplished something." "My kid isn't doing well in school. Once we get her back on track, then I know I'm being a good parent." "I hate being alone. Once I finally meet my life partner, then I can feel complete." Did you know that whenever you have a thought like this, you are looking for a reason to love yourself? And did you know that not loving yourself will keep you stuck in whatever conditions you don't want? But wait a minute," you might say. "What's wrong with trying to be better? Aren't you supposed to be all about improvement?, self-improvement?" Yes and no. Resisting what you're experienci

   Good morning to everyone, this morning I wanted to give you a gentle reminder to think a little less about managing your problems and a little more about managing your mindset, and the aid of morning meditation will help. Why I meditate in the morning. The thing about meditating is that over time it helps to increase your ability to concentrate and focus, especially on what's important to you and your life. Meditation is also journey inwards, a journey of self-discovery or, in fact, re-discovery. Meditation is the time taken for quiet reflection and silence, away from the hustle and bustle of daily living. Taking time out enables us to come back to a centered place of being. In our modern world, the pace of life is growing ever faster and we are losing touch with our true inner peace and power. When we no longer feel grounded, we can experience ourselves pushed and pulled in many different directions. It is at this point that we start to experience stress and a f

What you focus on grows. Stop managing your time. Start managing your focus. How am I making meaningful use of this scarce and precious day? This morning after a 20-minute meditation I asked my friend whom I was meditating with, "are you ready for your day?"  She replied, "I'm off today, it's been a busy week so I took the day off". This leads me to a reminder about being busy or over-busyness, which is an epidemic if you ask me.  Too many of us are so filled with work or we fill our calendars and our social media feeds with various kinds of busyness, oftentimes just to avoid being bored… to avoid being exactly who we are, exactly where we are. The instant we feel a bit idle, we run off in the direction of the nearest shiny object or comment that catches our attention. And in the process, we not only miss out on the serenity and beauty that exists within ourselves, but we also miss out on experiencing that same serenity and beauty in th