Mindfulness

I am currently partaking in the mindfulness course offered at Queen’s. I must admit, I was a bit apprehensive about attending this course. I wasn’t sure how beneficial it would be. Would it be worth spending one evening each week practicing mindfulness? 

I have learned many hard truths about myself in my short life. I have learned that I need to put myself first for I cannot expect my significant other or my family to do so especially if I do not. I have learned that my innate worth remains the same no matter what happens to me. I have learned that life is short and I need to appreciate all the good moments as they come. I have learned that I need not expect things to get better ten years from now. What matters is the here and now.

Mindfulness has taught me a few new things. Today, my second day at the course, I left feeling fulfilled. I left with an inner sense of peace and well being. I left feeling whole. No negative thoughts invaded my conscious tonight. I was mindful of the wind on my face. The cold, the sweet fusion, the wonder of taste in my mouth as I drank a strawberry milkshake on a cold winter night. I am aware of the warmth around me as I sit enveloped in my cocoon at home. I am here in the now.

I am present.