Word of the Week: Mindfulness

“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; On purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.”

As I look back on my week, I find that I'm reflecting on how I've been living more mindful.  It comes across in many ways:

• Thoughts & Reactions - as an over thinker and many times an over reactor (even if I keep it bottled inside); I've found this week that I'm more mindful of the thoughts and reaction that I'm allowing to occur.  I'm learning how to see the good and the bad, the positive and negative and subsequently shift through them quite uneventfully. 
• Words & Actions - often I try and regulate what I say because I want make sure it's perfect and/or comes out the right way (my way).  Well I'm more open to free speaking and at the same to a bit of free living.  Allowing all that I do to align to being present and completed with purpose. 
• Living, Breathing, Believing - everything is this moment, this day, this life has meaning above and beyond the moment, day or life.  Seeing the beauty even in the muck and/or beyond the muck is very enlightening. 

At the same time, this week I've found I've taken more time to contemplate, observe, align, and then do.  It reminds me a lot of a friend Jennifer Urezzio and her gift of being able to see your personal: Soul Language.  She reminds me often to talk to my soul and make sure that it aligns to truth before taking the next action.  When aligned to my truth it will be freeing. 

Mindfullness - Aligned to my truth.

I've had a few examples this week when being aligned to my truth and being mindful have truly benefited a better outcome.  Do you have moments like that as well? 

One such moment was at 3:30am when an outside alarm to our septic pump went off; there are many things I could have reacted to about that moment.  My mind could have gone to so many places and it really did try however, I was able to pull back, align to truth, and see in this situation and/or beyond this situation that it was going to be ok.  My mind went to $$$ (cha-ching) this is going to be pricey, we have the party next week (25th Anniversay/50th Birthday), we have a trip planned for a 2nd honeymoon in the fall (just received my gift card I selected to help with the cost of the trip - what a waste that was) , the kids in college, etc... my mind was so ready to run away but I didn't allow it to go to these places nor to belittle each of those precious upcoming moments which are going to be blessings for me, my husband and I as a couple, our family.  NO I stopped them before they came and just allowed myself to remember how beautiful these moments will be.  The good news came when the service guy came and reset the pump (No Issue). 

So many similiar situations I can recall this week where my mind, my actions, my reactions could have gone so far away from my centered truth - but it was stopped/blocked/moved beyond and into the realm of Mindfulness.