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What is mindfulness? Here’s an easy way to try it. It’s just like doing the laundry.

9/1/2016

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Head in a spin like a washing machine?
Head in a spin, like a washing machine? Airing my experience on hanging it out to dry. I can only compare my mind most days to that of a washing machine. A constant whir, with a mixture of unidentified thoughts, ideas, worries, unwritten lists, unticked off actions, dates I've mostly remembered too late . In amongst all that grey I can see some thoughts leaping round and round, vibrant in colour, but yet still going round and round and round. Wouldn't it be lovely, I daydreamed, if I was able to open the door, lift them all out, pin them on the line in a freshly blowing meadow and watch them out the window while I would sit silently and enjoy a cup of tea and a chocolate digestive free of them all?  So I set myself a challenge, everytime I realised I had left my mind machine on and it was beginning to go into overdrive, I sat still and pretended to open the door and hang them all out to dry. And what I learnt was; 1. I tend to wear (think, worry) about the same things everyday; 2. It felt bloody good to do that type of washing, in fact I can honestly say I've got quite hooked on it and do a couple of loads everyday! I wanted to share my little personal experiment in case anyone else has a mind like a washing machine and could benefit from trying to put it out to dry. I have ended up not only learning about myself a lot, but laughing about it too and I now have time to play in that meadow as well as having a nice quiet cuppa!  
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19/2/2020 03:40:45 am

I think that being mindful is a lot of work. I know that this might sound weird, but I truly believe that it is the case. If it was easy to just do that, then no one would have a hard time. Once you become mindful, then you will realize just how words can me a lot of people. I know that it is a lot of work, but I wish to do it, too, not now, but maybe in the future.

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