Staying in the present moment

When we wake up in bed on Monday morning and think of the various hurdles we’ve got to jump that day, immediately we feel sad.

Bored and bothered.

Whereas actually we’re just lying in bed.

Alan Watts

photo christoper michel

3 thoughts on “Staying in the present moment”

Those lying-in-bed-without-a-care-moments are fleeting. It would be sad to miss them…

I love Mondays! A fresh new week! I do not like laying in bed. I am most sluggish on Sundays. I do not go to church and I try not to work. So what to do? I love this photo and your thought provoking words…

I do that most mornings.

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Mindfulbalance supports the slow, patient practice of mindfulness meditation, as a way to find balance and meaning in life, reduce stress and develop health and wellbeing. It contains reflections to encourage the practice of meditation as well as occasional posts from psychology, spirituality and the wisdom traditions. The daily posts are prompted by Rilke's advice: "Write about what your everyday life offers you, your sorrows and desires, the thoughts that pass through your mind, and your belief in some kind of beauty". Written in County Laois, Ireland