In my own life, I try to practice Meditation and Mindfulness everyday for at least 5 to 10 minutes. This gives me time to slow down, relax, have a cup of hot herbal tea, and put relaxing music on so I can be in the mood to just experience the stillness of the present moment,the soothing sound of the music and the intoxicating fragrance of the cup of herbal tea.
As I relax and unwind in the Present Moment, I can feel the stress and frustrations of the day leave my body and mind. Then I begin to feel the calmness, lightness and joy that the moment is giving me. In that moment, nothing else matters. Not even the past or the future. Just the ” Present Moment” matters. You can be by yourself or with a significant other at the same the time. When you experience being in the Present Moment,you are going to “Just be.” Whenever, I’m in the Present Moment a sense of gratitude overcomes my mind, body and soul. That is what being in the Present Moment is, being in the “Now.” All you really have is the Present.
Sometimes when we forget to take the time and be in the Present Moment, it’s so easy to become frustrated, anxious, angry and negative towards other people in our lives and with ourselves. I just had recently experienced this in my own life.
This happened to me a few times with romantic interests and close friendships before I realized that I let the negative news of the Coronavirus, the stress of having less financially, and the insecurity of not knowing the future of my relationships and any other situations I was in. My insecurity at that time made me want to sabotage relationships that I had with my romantic interests and cause friction with my close friendships. That just left me frustrated and depressed about everything.
