Multi-Task Daydreaming
Please dismiss the vision of meditation or daydreaming as a passive activity. Yes, many sit, lay or assume a yoga position to let the rivers and streams of their minds flow.
I run.
Running is my meditation.
As a matter of fact just this morning on my morning run I went through my favorite woods that lead to a beautiful and peaceful forest. When I run I like to keep my heart rate monitor on to make sure that I'm getting a good training run as well.
So, off I go along the trail that kicks in about a mile and a half of my morning five miler. Now, the trail gets a little steep here as it winds up and into a pine forest along a little pond.
It's beautiful but this is also where I usually check my heart rate monitor for what turns out to be the highest reading of my run.
Today though, I was on a...well, a dream. Deep in thought. My legs churning mindlessly, no stress and no strain. I guess just out of habit I turned to my watch expecting to see my reading at about my maximum heart rate.
To my surprise, I was nowhere near it. I was as relaxed on the outside as I was on the inside.
So don't think because you're busy, that you can't dream.
Washing dishes, riding a train, going over a spreadsheet. Your mind is capable of things you never thought possible. And that's why. You never thought them possible.
Dream on.
I run.
Running is my meditation.
As a matter of fact just this morning on my morning run I went through my favorite woods that lead to a beautiful and peaceful forest. When I run I like to keep my heart rate monitor on to make sure that I'm getting a good training run as well.
So, off I go along the trail that kicks in about a mile and a half of my morning five miler. Now, the trail gets a little steep here as it winds up and into a pine forest along a little pond.
It's beautiful but this is also where I usually check my heart rate monitor for what turns out to be the highest reading of my run.
Today though, I was on a...well, a dream. Deep in thought. My legs churning mindlessly, no stress and no strain. I guess just out of habit I turned to my watch expecting to see my reading at about my maximum heart rate.
To my surprise, I was nowhere near it. I was as relaxed on the outside as I was on the inside.
So don't think because you're busy, that you can't dream.
Washing dishes, riding a train, going over a spreadsheet. Your mind is capable of things you never thought possible. And that's why. You never thought them possible.
Dream on.
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