Hello everyone,
Hope this finds everyone doing great. I am having a better week than last. This adjusting process is hard but I know that my kids and I will manage for the year or so that my hubby is away. I have been so scatter brained lately and just trying to get into a routine is hard work. I do not know how single parents do this day after day. They are very strong people I must say. On top of trying to get adjusted without my hubby around, I was sick most of the week. I started Wednesday evening running fever and feeling yucky and stayed that way until Saturday morning. I have not ran fever in over 10 years and I have to say I did not miss it one bit.
Now to the question of the week. We were asked to listen to our CD this week and talk about what we thought of the Loving Kindness exercise. I really enjoyed it. I think that if you are loving and kind to others (whether they are nice to you or not), it will pay off in the long run. I have always heard and I still tell my kids to kill people with kindness no matter how ugly they are to you. Eventually they will either get tired and leave you alone or stop talking to you all together. I really did like the meditation exercise. I had to be careful though, I was listening to it on the way to work and that is not a good idea for me. I tend to relax a little too much at times. I have realized with my husband gone that meditation helps me so much. It seems that when I am stressed I can do something in this class and I feel so much better. I do not think I could have taken this class at a better time. I would recommend this exercise to my friends and family because I think we all need to learn to listen better and learn ways to calm our spirits. I am not saying that I hang around with a bunch of high maintenance wacky people all the time. I just think that finding ways to calm ourselves down (since we are hot tempered most of the time) would be a great exercise for us to do.
Hope everyone has a great week. I know I plan to.
Do not forget to Live, Laugh, and Love as much as you can,
Wendy
Hello Wendy, I enjoyed your post...I am glad to hear you are having a much better week now! It is encouraging to hear how much this class is helping you deal with some of the things in your life right now...I have also found the meditations to be very beneficial. I completely agree with you about the ‘kill them with kindness’ credo. I try to use that in my daily life, although sometimes it can be challenging. It is much easier to tell someone off or sink to their level than it is to be the bigger person and turn it around into something positive. I am also finding the techniques in this course to be useful and I hope to develop these practices into my daily life going forward even more.
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy,
ReplyDeleteI know it is hard adjusting to changes in our lives, but we just have to take it one day at a time and focus on the positive. This is the perfect class for you to be taking right now. I hope it helps.
The assignment this week was not very effective for me. Quieting my mind is difficult for me and I just could not get my mind to focus. I have tried the exercise again and I was a litle more successful. Maybe it is just going to take practice.