I was late for work yesterday because I ‘got lost’ in my dream.
I was up by 330am, meditated for 20 minutes, ate breakfast, showered, dressed and was sitting in my home office writing by 430am.
As I wrote, time seemed to stand still, or fly by, depending on how you look at it.
As I took a sip of my coffee, wondering why it was ice-cold, I caught the clock out of the corner of my eye. 740??? What? Where did the time go?
I quickly saved my work and shut my computer down all the while trying to shift gears and move back into reality.
You see, that’s what writing does for me. It takes me away into another world, a world where time doesn’t exist. I feel light, free and a joyous buoyancy that radiates out from my heart and fills my whole being. I am in every moment, and every moment is within me.
There are other activities that take me into this mindful, dream like state: spending time with my nieces and nephews, reading, researching answers and solving problems, brainstorming and developing new business ideas, designing the layout for my website, finding that one line of code that will completely alter the appearance of my site, hanging out with friends, cooking, meditating.
These activities bring me great joy and what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD, former head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago, identifies as being in the ‘flow’.
What activities in your life allow you to be in the ‘flow’? What activities make you fell more alive, happy, fulfilled, loved? How often to you allow yourself to engage in these activities and experiencing these feelings?
Think about it. Play with the idea. Keep a little notebook with you and whenever you feel like you are waking up from a dream, or time as stood still or flown by, record what you are feeling and what you were doing. Begin to recognize the things you love to do and make them a daily part of your life.
To have healthy teeth you have to brush them at least once a day. To have a healthy ‘you’, you have to spend a little time each day in the ‘flow’.
You can post you comments on this blog or email me at sandy@thedreamingcafe.com
Ah, yes. I’ve lost hours at a time writing at my computer. Love it!
sandy that was amazing. i know the feeling i used to be that way once.