Sunday, January 6, 2013
Loving Kindness
This meditation session was a bit easier for me to stay awake for. I found that meditating for my loved ones made me feel like I had purpose for doing it, sending love and spirituality their way. I do have a hard time with the enemy thing...I have not quite got to that part of my spirituality yet. I do pray each and every night for my family and friends so I looked at this session like that. I did try very hard to incorporate this every day but did not accomplish it. I am a very busy person and no matter how hard I try to find time...other things always come up. I am going to try harder to take a little longer then my exercise time to sit and meditate for maybe 15 minutes after my workouts. I believe that a mental workout is just like my physical workout...something that takes hard work and practice. I could not run on the treadmill for 45 minutes when I first started like I can now. So I am not disappointed I have a hard time sitting through a meditation session for longer than 10 minutes. It takes time and training. It also takes a commitment to want to do it and be better at it.
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I know what you mean when it comes to feeling like you have a purpose because of your family. With out family it would be hard to have any motivation at all, those are the ones who love you for who you are. I had a hard time too with the enemy one, they are enemies for a reason and it hard to imagine them anything else. What motivates me to get up and pray or meditate is my family, I started to lose my faith a while back but when I found out I was going to have my daughter I prayed every night for a healthy baby and 13 months later I am still praying that she remains healthy. I agree with you when you say your mental workout is like your physical work out sometimes you just do not have the motivations to do it, and it does take hard work and practice. I look forward to some more of your blogs!
ReplyDeleteHi Susie,
ReplyDeleteI would love to be able to meditate for 15 minutes a day and run on a treadmill for even 20 minutes a day, but with being so busy just like everyone else, it is so hard for me. Granted I am on my feet for 12 hours a night working in an emergency room, I still feel that I need time for exercise and definitely meditation. I just wish I could find websites that contain the type of music/talking like we had to listen to for this assignment and last weeks assignment, because it would make it so much easier when I do my homework to just to be able to listen, relax and do my homework. Take care! Thank you! Sonia