Nuances of Daily living
How to achieve peace of mind in every day hassled life. Well I speak from personal experience – I found immense peace in chanting. No, trust me, I am not advocating priesthood or asking you to become a monk. Everyday things started becoming less chaotic and more clam. A howling baby, burning food, dusty rooms, unmade bed, sink full of dirty dishes, piles of ironing, dirty laundry… Yes, amidst all that, I was still calm.
You see, the trick is a simple two step process
§ Daily chanting
§ Little planning and a little ignoring (more like looking at the bigger picture)
Lets start with chanting – find a place, any place, even a rocking chair with a sleeping baby on top of you is also fine. Breathe deeply for a minute, close your eyes and repeat in your mind, “I am inspired, disciplined and energized” 100 times (initially begin with 30 ). The catch is to do it every day, same time, same place for atleast one month. Don’t skip on weekends. If it’s not possible to do it at the usual time, then do it in the evening or morning or night. Just be regular and you will soon see a major difference.
Chanting is done to let the thoughts flow freely in your mind. Once it becomes a part of your routine, you will find that after chanting you are fresh to start anew with gusto. The interesting thing is that though our mind is filled with innumerable thoughts , we can think only one thing at a time- go on see it for your self. So when you are chanting you are filling your mind with this positive affirmation. This will help you succeed in all the walks of life, be it being a better mother, wife, employee, boss or a spiritual being.
Let’s come to the second component i.e. planning- I am not asking you to work according to minute allocation. All I am saying is to divide work into big chunks of work and assign each chunk a particular day.
For example: making bed and doing dishes – daily
Dusting - twice a week
Ironing - twice or thrice a week
Laundry - once a week etc.
How to achieve peace of mind in every day hassled life. Well I speak from personal experience – I found immense peace in chanting. No, trust me, I am not advocating priesthood or asking you to become a monk. Everyday things started becoming less chaotic and more clam. A howling baby, burning food, dusty rooms, unmade bed, sink full of dirty dishes, piles of ironing, dirty laundry… Yes, amidst all that, I was still calm.
You see, the trick is a simple two step process
§ Daily chanting
§ Little planning and a little ignoring (more like looking at the bigger picture)
Lets start with chanting – find a place, any place, even a rocking chair with a sleeping baby on top of you is also fine. Breathe deeply for a minute, close your eyes and repeat in your mind, “I am inspired, disciplined and energized” 100 times (initially begin with 30 ). The catch is to do it every day, same time, same place for atleast one month. Don’t skip on weekends. If it’s not possible to do it at the usual time, then do it in the evening or morning or night. Just be regular and you will soon see a major difference.
Chanting is done to let the thoughts flow freely in your mind. Once it becomes a part of your routine, you will find that after chanting you are fresh to start anew with gusto. The interesting thing is that though our mind is filled with innumerable thoughts , we can think only one thing at a time- go on see it for your self. So when you are chanting you are filling your mind with this positive affirmation. This will help you succeed in all the walks of life, be it being a better mother, wife, employee, boss or a spiritual being.
Let’s come to the second component i.e. planning- I am not asking you to work according to minute allocation. All I am saying is to divide work into big chunks of work and assign each chunk a particular day.
For example: making bed and doing dishes – daily
Dusting - twice a week
Ironing - twice or thrice a week
Laundry - once a week etc.
Once you have allocated each day to a chore, do only that chore on the assigned day and that too in spurts and bursts. I mean, do not try to complete the chore in one go, instead do it for 15 – 20 min then care for baby or cook. This way you will always be focused on your priorities i.e. caring for your family and having time for your self. Remember ten years from now will the amount of cleaning matter? House work is done to support the proper functioning of family, the focal point of our lives.
The biggest calming effect is- hugging and kissing your child when all you want to do is explode with anger or stress.
The biggest calming effect is- hugging and kissing your child when all you want to do is explode with anger or stress.
Incase you are not able to finish the work on a particular day, remember tomorrow is another day and some times you have to forsake cleanliness for the sake of the needs of your little one. Bible says cleanliness is a duty of every woman but a spic and span house is a house of a barren. “He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children”. Psalm 113:9
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