Let me ask you a question:

Would you like to show more compassion to others?

Would you like to enhance your listening skills?

Would you like to improve your decision-making abilities?

Would you like to sharpen your focus and concentration?

Would you like to improve your memory?

Would you like to decrease the negative effects of your environment?

Would you like to be more accepting?

Would you like to be less judgmental?

Would you like to be more responsive in difficult situations?

If you are like me who wants all of the above things and more similar attributes, what you need is mindfulness.

According to Developgoodhabits.com:

Mindfulness is the practice of purposely focusing all of your attention on the current moment, and accepting it without judgment. This is a great place to start if you are looking for the key element in happiness.

It sounds easy when you read that statement. But it is not. The practice demands your continuous conscious practices.

That means, it is a skill you can develop just like developing your muscles through continuous workouts.

If you are not convinced yet with the incredible benefits of mindfulness ——

Let me add some benefits described by a well-known site on the subject.

Here are myriad of benefits of practicing mindfulness according to Physicians Practice:

· More time spent in “direct experience” mode (vs. the default mode of continually thinking about past and future events) has been associated with increased happiness and decreased depression or anxiety.

·Increased empathy and compassion because mindfulness helps us be less self-focused and more focused on others and our surroundings.

·Decreased tendency to judge others (including ourselves) – mindfulness helps us notice, yet react less to difficult people and situations.

·Improved emotional regulation, making us less likely to respond ineffectively to difficult situations.

·Improved thinking, planning, and decision-making – because we are less reactive, our minds are calmer, and we are more readily able to utilize our higher cortical functions.

·Increased joy and appreciation for the present moment – no matter what is happening.

If you develop mindfulness, you will be a calm and mindful person.

You will be a person who’s in control of your thoughts and emotions.

You will be a person who’s solid as a rock.

You will be a person who others can rely on.

Here is additional article on: Active Mindset (article written by Darius Foroux).

I will come with ‘How you can practice mindfulness’ in another post.

To Your Inspirations,

Banchi