I Have a Million Things to do Today

You wake in a fog, coming down from the work week, one day in of the short break we call the weekend.  It’s easy like Sunday morning. And if even for just 15 minutes, the time is yours.

We all need a break they say and most of us rushing to make breakfast for our kids, pay the bills or fill the impossible requests for your time during said weekend don’t really take one.  But I bet you do.  Maybe you’re the one sitting on the John with phone in hand just a little too long, or your shouting “I’m going to take the trash out!” while getting in a few puffs of a cigg.  Either way, these are breaks and they are yours.

This morning it felt as though I was on vacation.  This break lasting a full 30 minutes, I had enough time to open the windows (which in my house is equivalent to a short session at a cross fit gym).  As I pulled up a bench, literally, I felt the magnificence of the outdoors coming in to my home to share it’s time with me.  Needless to say, as an allergy sufferer, it’s been a while since I’ve let some air in the house.

The morning sunlight poured in like wine from a bottle and in those minutes every sense felt fulfilled.  I haven’t even mentioned the coffee in hand with just enough cinnamon to make me aware of the slight coolness the breeze had to offer.  I could no longer see the stacks of papers in the room, the piles to be cleaned.  I couldn’t hear the voices in my head telling me how much I needed to get done today because it would be my last chance before the next weekend would arrive.  I simply sat and felt.  Then I looked up and noticed the huge clock on the wall….ah the clock, my archenemy.

The morale of this story?  Mindfulness.  It’s the time you have, no matter how short.  It’s the focus on your senses, no matter where you are.  It’s the people you are with, the breeze upon your face, the beautiful views of the countryside you probably take for granted on your morning commutes.  Take full advantage of this mindfulness each day and it will do amazing things for your patience and self control.  Soon enough the starting gun will be reminding you the weekend is over and you really weren’t on vacation this whole time.