Habit

As children we are introduced to new experiences and possibilities in life, and there is a freshness to life's experiences. Why is it that in adulthood, we find ourselves desperately making up ways to feel alive?

Our media commentary is rarely about what is happening now - mostly it's about what happened in the past or what someone thinks is going to happen in the future.

The interesting twist here is that a mental pattern we currently experience as undesirable may have at one time served us and even supported our survival in some way.

Why don't most of us ask, even though we know we should? We don't ask, because we are afraid of the answers.

Learning to remain relaxed and go with life's flow is a high achievement indeed. Mind-body practice helps, meditation helps, but in the end it is self-awareness that is required.