Rhyme and Reflection

Spinning life’s chaos into laughs, stories, and verses — because therapy is expensive

Pause

Thursday, May 12, 2016 | 2 minute read

Mindfulness is the awareness we gain when we focus our attention on our inner sensations and emotions, or toward our immediate environment. But more than this, mindfulness is about changing our mindset ..

In other words, we are our own happiness. As the Bhagavad Gita says, a person who is happy has “achieved the self” .. authentically being yourself brings joy.

Instead of accepting life as it is, we are guilty of engaging with life through the lens of our own, subjective standards, beliefs, hopes, and expectations. When life doesn’t meet these standards, we feel sorrow and suffer.

Many times, a simple Pause can bring our mind back to the current situation ..

*When thoughts start a race
Scattering in directions many ways
Completely ruining every moment of your days

pause
Take a deep breathe
Feel it go in and out
See it take the pain away

When anger takes over sanity
Cooking insane ideas to help vanity
Your talk utters nothing but profanity

pause
Take a deep breathe
Feel it go in and out
See it take the pain away

When grief engulfs immensely
Leaving you burned and hurt profusely
Time stays longer, making decisions difficult positively

pause
Take a deep breathe
Feel it go in and out
See it take the pain away

When eyes cry and tire
Leaving you searching for the sunshine in the mire
The only hope seems far away to admire

pause
Take a deep breathe
Feel it go in and out
See it take the pain away

When happiness strongly envelopes life
Joy permeates in every strife
Life remains ridiculously simple like cutting with a sharp knife

pause
Take a deep breathe
Feel it go in and out
See it take the pain away

When mind is in the idle shelf
wandering in treacherous land with no help
Looking to add red spice to its mundane self

pause
Take a deep breathe
Feel it go in and out
See it take the pain away*


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