Lent is sneaky.
I wasn't expecting it again so soon, but there it is. I had not even reflected on what I did last year, I had to go back and read about it refresh my memory. Perk to blogging, reading about things I would have normally forgotten. Perk to reader comments, responding with what item I had actually given up.
This year, I am more intentional that last year. I'm thinking about Lent a whole 4 days in advance, that is planning right there. I'm already sugar-free and thought about continuing that. I also thought about bread again but that didn't really get me excited either. Talking to the hubs this AM, he asked "what about adding something?" Brilliant. Sometimes I'm so focused that the simplest thoughts do not even occur to me. So for this lent, I'm going to add something. And that gets me excited. The addition will be a practice of some sort. An activity that will draw my attention to the state of my being.
There are a lot of mindfulness practices like yoga, mediation, prayer, relaxation, devotion, silence & solitude, breathing, and according to the Mindfulness Practice Center at the University of Missouri sometimes bells are involved. Bells seem like too much for me and might lead me to punch someone in the face, which would be opposite of mindful.
I guess I'll just wait and see what the universe choses for me by Wednesday and go with that.
i'm taking a mindful writing class for my major and it's fantastic. i've since added in about 15 minutes of meditation/mindful breathing everyday and it's great. helps me focus before i have to tackle big projects.
ReplyDeleteI like the sound of that mindful writing class. Is there a resource available for someone not taking the class?
ReplyDeleteI might have given you this before, Niki, but just in case here's one of my resources for Lent: http://imby.net/easter/lent.html