Vote for Happiness

From personal experience I know that most people are very rarely alone. I’m not talking about single people. When you live alone, go home and put on the radio or the television, you are not alone. You let other voices in your live. Other opinions. When you live in a city and with a family, you have even less chance to be alone. As a mother I’m not even alone when I go to the toilet and lock the door. There is always somebody looking for something and knocking (banging I should say) on the bathroom door.

The mind is never quiet. Most of the time you don’t realize it and everything is fine. But it can creep up when you’re tired or when something goes wrong or when you banged your shin 3 times in a row by accident. Then you wonder ‘what happened.’

Basically the mind and the body are looking for a balance. If your mind is racing al the time, the body is going to be tired. Telling you to slow down, to rest, to sleep because when you sleep, the mind has to be quiet. At least more quiet then when you are awake.

If you find yourself in that predicament or if you’re desperately longing for some quiet time, sit down. Just sit down with stillness around you. No music, no radio and just sit and be. When a thought comes up, let it go. Just feel how you sit and listen to the quietness. You are recharging your battery and bringing balance to your mind and body.