Today I want to write about relaxation. The ability to find a moment of peace and stillness in the chaos of our everyday lives is an art. When I try, I succeed sometimes and not at all other times. Trying to relax often brings to mind things that I would rather do or be doing. My mind moves on to those activities in an instant. Not because they are the best things to do at the time, but because I am anxious or I just don't want to think about what I am doing.
In my daily life, I want to take a moment to breathe and just … be. Relax and enjoy what is going on around me, stop stressing about what isn't and what is going to happen in the future. This is hard to do. This is hard to train my mind to be quiet and still when it is so used to being busy and on the go. I have learned, as I have gotten older, that things have a way of working themselves out. People change, situations change, situations can change drastically, but if we stay open and if we stay committed, things will change for the good.
People change, situations change, situations can change drastically, but if we stay open and if we stay committed, things will change for the good.
I was a very young mom when I met my husband. We met in 2004 through a mutual friend at an after school program. The friend who introduced us knew that he liked me from the first time he met me. But I was married at the time and unsure. Well, since we were also new to the area, we decided to be friends for a bit and see how it went. He worked about an hour away and I was about 35 minutes away. We really didn't see each other that often but I told my friend I would date him as long as I could.
Listening to music is a great help. It helps me move on to a different place, a different time, a different state, maybe even a different life. This process happens to me daily. I usually start to listen to music sometime in the morning. It works really well because the radio often doesn't play a whole lot of relaxing music. I start by putting my IPod or my MP3 player on shuffle. Usually one or two artists or songs will come up and the music just starts playing.