Go to your fridge and get an apple. Or some simple food that you eat all the time. Let me rephrase that...some simple food that you scarf all the time while doing a million other things. I eat an apple a day. I eat it while I am walking to class or browsing blogs or driving to the gym. I eat it and don't even notice I am eating it. When did I become so caught up in the go-go-go-go-go of life that I don't even notice an apple? If you are like me - you haven't noticed your 'apple' in quite some time.
So, go get your 'apple' and take it to a safe, quiet spot. Take it on your front porch and don't you dare take your cell phone with you or your ipod or ipad or whateverthef*ck.
Sit down and breathe. Breathe and eat that apple and take your time. Don't worry the dishes can wait and your lecture preparation can wait and your facebooktwitterpinterest accounts can wait. Eat that apple so slowly it makes you a little uncomfortable. THINK about it. Look around. Listen to the freakin' birds. Look at the sky. Take slow bite after slow bite and chew each completely. Think about how it tastes, where it came from, and what it is doing for your body. And, when you finish, don't get up immediately. Pause and realize the power of what you just did.
What you just did, my friends - was took an old fashioned quiet, calm moment for yourself. I'm going to try and take more of these. I think we probably all NEED to have more of these moments. Let's break the go-go-go more often. I challenge you to do the same. It takes 10 tiny minutes and I guarantee you - it will change your day. And maybe, just maybe in the long run, it will change your life.
PREACH.
ReplyDeleteNow for me to actually take the advice to heart. How on earth is it so okay to be so go go go go go go go all the time???
I need to do more of this, I need to actually sit and eat and enjoy not doing 20 other different things.
ReplyDeleteLove this!!
ReplyDeleteOne day when I'm not bombarded with 3 kids needing something and I can actually sit down to eat without having to get up 42 times... I"ll give this a try ;) In the meantime, most meals get devoured while I'm trying to do something else.
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Oh man could I ever start practicing a little more of this in my every day life. I feel like at any given moment I'm constantly trying to do 20 different things. I think I'll go eat my apple now... although not outside, since it's a little too cold for that still.
ReplyDeleteI'm not so good at this, although I have been trying to incorporate meditation into my life so I can quiet my crazy mind and maybe learn to chill out a little. Great post, very important and pretty funny too.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I definitely needed to read this post since I'm working on my MPH thesis. I am now off to make dinner which I will then eat peacefully after having read post! :)
ReplyDeleteI've started trying to wake up a little earlier, so I have some quiet time with coffee or tea, and a journal, and just CHILL. I'm so connected to my computer/phone/etc that I seriously just need a little electronic detox before I start the day!
ReplyDeleteI love this! It's so true that the go-go-go needs to stop....at least for long enough to eat an apple
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