A few years ago I began sharing pictures I took during my “Meditation Moments”throughout the day. I shared them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. I put a collection of them together in a book: Living with Passion.
“It’s not meditation if you’re stopping to get your camera out,” my daughter teased me. (At least I think she was being light-hearted about it…)
The pictures served a purpose. Not only was I getting my personal meditative time in throughout the day, but I was also noticing beauty everywhere.
Nature restores. The fresh air, the color, the varying textures–all of those things come together to change the energy within us.
A wonderful thing began to happen: other people began sharing their “Meditation Moments.”
Meditation is about being in the now and transcending it. It’s about gratitude. It’s recognizing the beauty of the moment and knowing that’s all you own in that very moment.
“But I’m too busy! I don’t have time for this stuff!”
I get it.
But you know what that means?
You probably need it more than anyone else.
There’s an old Zen saying, “You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes everyday – unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour.”
