I never really thought about mindfulness, until I went away to rehab. Mindfulness to me is being aware of other people’s feelings and thoughts, when I speak, my body language, my actions and caring. Weather or not if I hurt their feelings. In the things I do in my personal action and reflections on others.
When I was an active alcoholic and user, I didn’t care about the things I said, the things I did. How it affected the people that I said I loved around me whether it hurt them or tore them down, or what it did to them. How about you?
Mindlefullness to me means living in the moment, not worrying about what happened yesterday or what’s going to happen tomorrow. It’s a chance to soak everything in that’s happening to you at this moment. Being able to feel the wind in your hair and the ground beneath your feet being aware of everything around you and not worrying about what’s gonna happen even an hour or minute from now
Mindfulness to me is being fully aware. I’m in tune with my body, what is going on around me, watching thoughts and feelings float by like clouds. I can find Mindfulness from meditation to chopping vegetables for a salad, from having an eye contact conversation with someone to sitting still and just being right there.
I think that the rockstar trio got it right for the way I need to frame it in my mind. All three answers describe what I try to do always. I find myself slipping at it and know I need to step back and ground myself in reality. I like your approach also @lizak but I think it’s more than just that. It’s kind of one of those big words / concepts that takes work to achieve. And yes you are on your way to finding it’s purpose in your life
@Chad_R, Your so sweet I don’t know what my purpose in life is. I just know I want to be sober and I want to help other people find their way sober. Life’s is seem to be hard, but it doesn’t have to be hard its only as hard as we allow it to be. I don’t like being alone and I don’t think we have to be alone in this journey to find our sobriety. I think we can do this as a team. We just have to work without making excuses it’s hard work and we have to be honest with each other and to ourselves no games this ain’t the time or the place in life this is the real deal, life or death, the time to grow up. Thank you so much. You’re such a sweetie:hugs:
I truly believe that as we get healthy we start to find a bigger purpose. I read your response and see that in you. You are right you’re not alone in your journey you have a bunch of us walking right beside you(just via sober time). I’m not sure if I’d say it’s a good thing but I see that your view of recovery mirrors mine and I think that it has been so helpful for my recovery to see people along the way and think I want to get where they are. Then you get another example of the next place you need to strive for to becoming the awesome person we were meant to be. Good post I like to see people trying to figure out what is helpful for others. Because there has been times when I was to scared to ask for help but I could come read posts and get relief.
@Chad_R, I am here if you or anybody that needs. No matter the question day or night. Just don’t wait till after you USE, ask before PLEASE also on FB Liza Bondurant Knepper
also on FB Liza Bondurant Knepper