Being Present is a Present

I am currently enjoying a personal project where I try to practice the art of being present. By this I mean, every time I find my mind wandering, I force myself to pay attention to the details of what I am currently doing and to find enjoyment in the detail. It's kinda fun. For example, yesterday, a beautiful day, I went for a short bike ride. A time when I usually let my mind wander freely, I write stories in my head, plan businesses, spend imaginary money, travel the world, plan art projects, laugh about this and that. I am rather adult ADD at times, but I enjoy my own distractions, and since I follow through with my responsibilities, I usually let myself have this little indulgence. I digress. Anyway, on the bike I decide to be aware of every little detail of my bike ride. The moment observed, if you will. I listened to the songs of the birds, felt the sun warming my skin, smelled the flowers and the freshly mown grass. I felt thankful for the ability to ride a bike. I felt thankful that I had the time to do this. I found myself in a vibration of utter peace. It was truly uncanny. I continued to do it while driving, while sitting here right now at my computer. I am consciously finding the "Zen" in every moment. All I can say is that I feel great every time I do this. Not sure where it will take me, but feeling this peaceful vibration is totally worth the occasional thought shift.

Beautiful Minds Inspire Others

I passed by a pile of unread magazines this morning only to find this on the cover of a catalogue. It jumped out at me and is certainly going on my next vision board. Next I looked down and it says, "Thank you for inspiring us for 50 years." Since I just turned 50, I felt that this was directed at me as a sign from the universe. Immediately after that, my eyes went to the next magazine, and the cover caption read, "The older I get, the better I get." I believe in the power of energy creating what we call coincidence.. therefore, I don't believe in coincidences. I want to get better as I get older, and inspire others with my beautiful mind. Lol. Well, at least I'll try.