Being Present and The Road to Happiness
As I drink my morning coffee and look out my window from my room I notice the white snow that lies so peacefully on the grass. I see cars drive by as people hurry on with their crazy lives never noticing the simplicity of the world around them. Over these last few months I have spent time journeying through many new emotions, ideas, and ways of life unsure of how I all fit together. One of the things that I have started to do in my daily life is to take 5 minutes a day, just 5 minutes to sit in silence and observe the world around me. In those five minutes I often sit on my bed which looks out a window onto part of my college campus. I just sit and watch to take in everything. Sometimes I sit with peaceful music other times just with pure silence. Through these reflective 5 minutes each day I find myself re-energized and restored to continue with my day. These 5 minutes have started to transfer into my every moment. I notice the simple things much more quickly and have slowed down my...