Keys to Living Mindfully

“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery
that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement
and gladness: touch, taste, smell you r way to the holy and hidden heart
of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments and life
itself is grace.”

~ Frederick Buechner,
Listening to Your Life

There is much being
written today about body, mind and spirit – and how important it is to
see ourselves and each other as whole individuals. To begin any kind of
change in thinking or in lifestyle, adopting new concepts and ways of
living, requires us to start where we are – taking stock of the places
of possibility or discontent. Begin to look at the inner and outer
elements that make up ‘where you are’ right now in your life and “take
your pulse”: allowing awareness and acceptance to be your guide as you
embrace the past, present and future aspects of where you are
today.

Let the following simple overview serve as a quick glance,
an instant reminder of the balancing points for a life of wholeness and
connection. Feel free to alter the words – or to add or subtract points
of focus, until this overview is “yours”.

Strong Body: A healthy
lifestyle including:

• Nourishment
• Exercise and strength training
• Yoga

Peaceful Mind: An expansive perspective
including:

• Acceptance
• Openness
• Elegant thinking

Loving
Heart: A way of being including:

• Living from your
  heart
• Gratitude
• Compassion and
  forgiveness

Serene Spirit: Life as a spiritual journey
including:

• Daily meditation
• Time in
  solitude and nature
• Step through the doorway to eternal
  peace

“Just become quiet,
still, and
solitary, and the world
will offer itself to you to be
unmasked;
it has no choice.
It will roll in ecstasy
at your feet.”
~
Franz Kafka

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