Mental Peace

I am far from being an enlightened person, but there's one thing I've noticed.

When I am 'present', I am happy. When I am focused on what is in front of me, right now, I am happy.

Happiness comes in short bursts of time, mostly because it doesn't take very much to shake me out of my present-ness. I can go from peaceful to p.o.'ed in about 3 seconds - especially in traffic.

And yet, when I look at what gets me riled while, say, driving in traffic, it almost always comes down to some type of ego, sense of entitlement (get out of my way, jerk, can't you see I'm in a hurry!?), or wanting to be somewhere other than where I am right now (also "get out of my way, fella, can't you see I'm in a hurry").

When I can maintain my present-ness, I am happy. I like feeling that way - which is a totally non-cool thing to say. But it's true. :-)

Meditation helps to increase that sense of well-being. The duration of happy bubbles lasts longer, which (should be) is motivation for doing more meditation. I don't always meditate like I should.

Self-discipline is very hard. Fortunately it gets easier with practice. Lately, I've gotten a little out of practice.

Maybe it's time to get back into it....

What do you think?

Hope you have a happy and peaceful weekend.

kholland