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Yesterday, I had a great conversation over afternoon tea at Anise Global Gastrobar about the need to be mindful and conscious in the moment.
However later that evening, I ate a Tootsie Roll absent-mindedly. Now you may ask why it's important to be "present" and "conscious" in the moment while eating a piece of candy. Well when you have a temporary crown on your back molar and you hit a hard, sticky piece of candy - you need to be extremely mindful of which side of your mouth you are chewing it on.
And yep, I ripped out the temporary crown and broke it into pieces! Did the Universe need to send me a louder message reaffirming my need to be mindful?
Then today I took a late lunch to run an errand but had to do a call with an attorney on behalf of my condo board. I was multitasking trying to do several things at once. I walked into a parking lot and watched a woman back her car smack dab into a mini van that was perpendicular to her parked car.
I thought to myself: "This is the universe telling you to stop juggling so many things and focus on one thing - driving."
But my attorney call had run over and I had to take a business conference call as I drove home. I called in to the meeting and was about to back up when I realized the woman in the mini van was now parked directly behind me.
What the heck? Is she trying to get hit by every person in the parking lot? I thanked my lucky stars that I had seen her sitting behind me, because seriously I could have hit the mini van quite easily. Is this some sort of scam?
Luckily there was no one in front of me so I was able to leave the parking lot despite being boxed in from behind by the dented van. Despite my gratitude that I had not hit the van too, I felt like the universe was screaming at me to pay attention, focus and not be distracted.
There is a quote from Maya Angelou that I love and have to remind myself of many times when dealing with people:
Being mindful is not only important in candy eating, but in really hearing people through their words and actions. I do believe that when people are bitchy and snide, it says a lot about why they are as a person. I saw this quote today and it is definitely going to be part of my quote library in the future!
I read an article on mindfulness by TinyBuddha.com - I think I am going to try their recommendations and see if I become more centered and more focused. And perhaps I should eat less candy too!
Thanks for reading!
Yesterday, I had a great conversation over afternoon tea at Anise Global Gastrobar about the need to be mindful and conscious in the moment.
However later that evening, I ate a Tootsie Roll absent-mindedly. Now you may ask why it's important to be "present" and "conscious" in the moment while eating a piece of candy. Well when you have a temporary crown on your back molar and you hit a hard, sticky piece of candy - you need to be extremely mindful of which side of your mouth you are chewing it on.
And yep, I ripped out the temporary crown and broke it into pieces! Did the Universe need to send me a louder message reaffirming my need to be mindful?
Then today I took a late lunch to run an errand but had to do a call with an attorney on behalf of my condo board. I was multitasking trying to do several things at once. I walked into a parking lot and watched a woman back her car smack dab into a mini van that was perpendicular to her parked car.
I thought to myself: "This is the universe telling you to stop juggling so many things and focus on one thing - driving."
But my attorney call had run over and I had to take a business conference call as I drove home. I called in to the meeting and was about to back up when I realized the woman in the mini van was now parked directly behind me.
What the heck? Is she trying to get hit by every person in the parking lot? I thanked my lucky stars that I had seen her sitting behind me, because seriously I could have hit the mini van quite easily. Is this some sort of scam?
Luckily there was no one in front of me so I was able to leave the parking lot despite being boxed in from behind by the dented van. Despite my gratitude that I had not hit the van too, I felt like the universe was screaming at me to pay attention, focus and not be distracted.
There is a quote from Maya Angelou that I love and have to remind myself of many times when dealing with people:
Being mindful is not only important in candy eating, but in really hearing people through their words and actions. I do believe that when people are bitchy and snide, it says a lot about why they are as a person. I saw this quote today and it is definitely going to be part of my quote library in the future!
I read an article on mindfulness by TinyBuddha.com - I think I am going to try their recommendations and see if I become more centered and more focused. And perhaps I should eat less candy too!
Thanks for reading!
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