Hello and Good Morning. I am trying to be very "mindful" of my environment and the positive things in my life. In DBT class (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) we were taught that to control our emotions from taking off on that "fast train to destruction"; we had to be almost hyper-vigilant on observing and assessing what we were feeling, seeing and experiencing - and hopefully view them in a realistic light.
Many people walk around their lives, and are so pre-occupied with the situation to which they are rushing, or what they are about to do, or ruminating on an unpleasantry, that they never experience and appreciate the Present. And what are those people doing who are all talking on cell phones, as they drive, shop, walk their dogs or babies, or sit at their kids ballgames??? Their attention is focused on the conversation with the person on the cell phone, not on what they are doing.
Being mindful helps me to cope with my emotions in dealing with the situation with which I am being a part of. We are "human BEINGS, not human DO-ERS." So, turn off your cellphones and Blackberries and allow yourself to fully be in the present. It's all we really have in life.
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