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Today I listened to a monk who lives in Thailand, probably self proclaimed because I don't think a real Buddhist monk has an Youtube Channel. This does not mean he has no value. I listened to his advice for a morning routine...
1. Wake up slowly, even if you're awake keep your eyes closed...get centered, during this time you don't plan your day, or think about yesterday, but you contemplate death...for it comes we know now where but it could be today.
2. Make your bed...he had dedicated an entire video to making your bed.
This is something I do the moment I get up and have done my whole life...my bed never goes unmade. Even when Im camping in the van...soon as I visit the bathroom I come back to make my bed. Sometimes I turn it down after neatly removing all the wrinkles, and fluff and place my pillows.
3. Chanting and Meditation, I don't chant but sometimes in the morning, I lay there and watch Molly of Denali. It's a cartoon! I love this cartoon. It's on PBS 7 am to 730 am...It helps me clear my mind, I love the characters, the setting, and the lessons of this simple little show. This morning they trekked thru the wilderness via dogsled and snowshoe to watch a distant Volcano erupt. So very cool...Calm and beautiful. If I don't do that the little voice begins...the one I don't want to hear.
4. Once you're up, do something out of generosity. You take care of someone or something else...Fed your pet, water your plant, If you live with someone else make breakfast for them...help someone else in some way.
5. Do your chores! Don't leave things undone, it goes with you...this creates good habits,
I have done most of these 5 steps and understand how important it is....I have made huge mistakes back in the time I was working running my business putting a child thru school, I made a lot of shortcuts. Harm was done I cant undo all that harm...but I can try to go forward from here.
What does making your bed say about you??
I have made other changes in my life to try and regain control of my mental health, and I will be sharing some of those ideas in the upcoming posts. Yesterday was a day of Healing for me, I had some processes to work through and using the life and falling of a beloved tree helped me to understand some things.
2. Make your bed...he had dedicated an entire video to making your bed.
This is something I do the moment I get up and have done my whole life...my bed never goes unmade. Even when Im camping in the van...soon as I visit the bathroom I come back to make my bed. Sometimes I turn it down after neatly removing all the wrinkles, and fluff and place my pillows.
3. Chanting and Meditation, I don't chant but sometimes in the morning, I lay there and watch Molly of Denali. It's a cartoon! I love this cartoon. It's on PBS 7 am to 730 am...
4. Once you're up, do something out of generosity. You take care of someone or something else...Fed your pet, water your plant, If you live with someone else make breakfast for them...help someone else in some way.
5. Do your chores! Don't leave things undone, it goes with you...this creates good habits,
I have done most of these 5 steps and understand how important it is....I have made huge mistakes back in the time I was working running my business putting a child thru school, I made a lot of shortcuts. Harm was done I cant undo all that harm...but I can try to go forward from here.
What does making your bed say about you??
I have made other changes in my life to try and regain control of my mental health, and I will be sharing some of those ideas in the upcoming posts.
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