Life is in the Moments

My yoga teacher said something that really stuck with me today. Today my intention was mindfulness. She said, "Breathe in the new. Breathe out having to know what's coming next." So often we live our lives thinking about what is coming up next or dwelling on what happened in the past. I'm definitely guilty of this a lot. I always want to have everything figured out. Even though so many times in my life things have come to me, just at a different time than I expected. I like to think of the change I need more as living in the moment, rather than being patient. The idea of learning patience seems like such a tough task. But learning to live in the moment is such a beautiful idea. Life is a series of moments. And if you take the time to stop and live in the moment and just be, you will notice so much more of what is going on around you.

I had a wonderful day yesterday. I decided to just do whatever I wanted yesterday, which I have the freedom to do a lot of the time in the summer. That's kind of a form of mindfulness--just doing what feels right at the time. I slept in. Then I decided to explore the 606 trail again. This time I biked it. I stopped a few times to rest and think. Sometimes in order to quiet our minds we have to let thoughts in and then let them drift away.

After the trail, I bought some things at LUSH, this really great environment-friendly cosmetics shop. Then I got coffee at this cool place I'd seen before and wanted to check out. I spent over an hour reading there which I don't take enough time to do on a day to day basis.

Then I met up with Justin and we did a little biking tour of Wicker Park/Bucktown hitting some murals, a few shops, grabbing dinner and drinks, and hanging with another friend. Great day full of great moments.