I heard someone on the radio ask recently, "Why in 2021 do we still wait 20 minutes for our oven to warm up?!" My response was, "Cmon!— We need something to remind us to slow down. I mean I don’t like waiting but then again the present is where reality is. It’s how we access … Continue reading When Things Take Time
Tag: mindful living
Don’t Go On Empty
With my husband's new job I don't have to work a couple extra hours a week. This is great, since even without that added pressure, I tend to put too much on my plate, run in overdrive, etc, and then I end up feeling burnt out. It always ends up biting me in the butt. … Continue reading Don’t Go On Empty
All the Small Things
To the tune of All the Small Things by Blink-182 All the small things The hell they bring I take a breath It's my best friend Always I know My faith doesn't show Plotting, planning Overall agitating Turn to my soul It will not go Dim the lights and It carries me home Vipassana-na-na-na-na-na-na x … Continue reading All the Small Things
Mindfully Musicking
What is mindful musicking and is musicking even a word? Now that I've written a book of poetry, I think I've earned my poetic license, LOL. I am here defining mindful musicking as mindfully listening to the radio. I've noticed when I meditate regularly, I have a different relationship to the music I hear on … Continue reading Mindfully Musicking
We are All Managers/Directors
I don’t care what your actual job is. Or if you even have one at all. We are all directors and managers. “Ok, Gila, now your really going off the deep end.” It’s not such a crazy idea. Let me explain. As I’ve been meditating each morning (even if for 7 minutes!) I have reacquainted … Continue reading We are All Managers/Directors
Mindful Nugget: Immersing in Your Present Activity
This past Sunday morning I stopped mid-sentence, telling my daughter, "We're going to..." I was multi-tasking so I paused to regroup my thoughts. (It was mother's day yesterday—after all that's what mamas do!). My 3-year-old daughter replied, "Where are we going?": And I explained the idiom to her. We weren't actually going anywhere. But then … Continue reading Mindful Nugget: Immersing in Your Present Activity
Bills, Bills, Bills: The Ease of Digital Bill Pay
I think G-d thought that if he made things easier for us, it would make cultivating a spiritual connection more accessible. Like: less time in the field, farm, or coal mine and more time to thank Him for the abundance that wehave. We’re not busy washing our clothes in rivers or grinding our own wheat. I … Continue reading Bills, Bills, Bills: The Ease of Digital Bill Pay
Too Busy to Slow Down: Jazz Rap
You want me to slow down, But I'm just too busy You want me to turn around But I'm too far down The path My reaction seems like wrath ambition confused with rudeness excuse me for my crudeness Got a life to live mouths to feed Can't stop rocking Not for you, not for me … Continue reading Too Busy to Slow Down: Jazz Rap
Day Off—Christmas Eve
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. Work gave me off but our family is Jewish so I don't have to cook a big feast today. Instead, I am using my time off to relax. Although I do appreciate all the Christmas lights and festivities abounding around me. Every year they are beautiful and heartwarming, as … Continue reading Day Off—Christmas Eve
Sedentary Life Be Like…
texting a mile a minute no matter how I spin it they were on a different trajectory working in a factory churning butter for hours for their family milling and tilling till satisfactory— work was done it was no fun but they didn't know how to relax by the light of a tv show Then … Continue reading Sedentary Life Be Like…
Mindful Nuggets 