It's been rough lately for me, and I'm not quite sure why. I've had some extremely unfocused days, both at work and at home. I don't know if it's because I have so much going on that I feel overwhelmed, or if the stress of everything is getting me down now that it's all ramping up. Who knows, it could even be the start of the OU football season. In any case, it's been very difficult for me to buckle down and focus on what I need to do. I think that, maybe, I need to start doing some meditation again, like I did when I used to do T'ai Chi, and perhaps that will help me relax and focus again. If you've never done it, try it. You don't have to make it a spiritualist thing or a martial arts thing or even a goofy thing. Just sit somewhere quiet and relatively dark, let your body relax, and just breathe. In through the nose, out through the mouth, and just focus on that breathing. In T'ai Chi we think about our chi (life-force energy) as we breathe, and that helps us focus. I like to blend my Christian beliefs in, imagining that God has created chi for us to use in real life, and that it is one of His gifts to us. If you are interested in chi, it's a bit like The Force...you can do some pretty amazing things with it if you're trained.
Also, as I had indicated before, Heidi and I are going the The Purpose-Driven Life and I must say that it is very hopeful and in some ways very frightening. It is a life-changing book. Honestly, I don't know if I'm capable of doing it. It sounds simple but there is so much to do, and so many things it asks that I'm not very good at. I'll do my best, and with God's help I will succeed.
Thanks for reading along.
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