One of my friends was admiring how I can balance doing a number of jobs at time and not feeling stress. Actually it is skill I have worked on for years and am still working on. Thinking about how to be busy but peaceful I came across some ideas I try to practice.
1. It is important to have priorities for activities, especially in this age where there are so many choices of what to do, watch TV shows, surf on the computer, listen to talks, read books and magazines, eat food and on and on. Knowing what is important and meaningful to us helps one make choices.
2. Awareness of the present moment is valuable. Often what we are looking for is in the present moment but we are looking so hard we miss it.
3. Seeing the bigger picture of our life gives us the perspective we need to have balance in our life. On a warm and clear summer night outside the city we can see the millions of stars in the sky. Doing this we realize we are just a spec in the universe helps us keep our perspective. On the other hand, if one is spiritual we realize that God loves each of us in an infinite way. That also helps us to keep perspective.
4.Earl Nightingale, a motivation speaker, used to say: “You become what you think.” Although I do not believe it is that simple I do believe that awareness in our mind, thinking, does affect our behavior.
5. Anthony De Mello, a spiritual writer, talks a lot about the value of Silence. This type of silence is not so much a lack of noise but an inward silence, a clearing of the mind. It is a silence that needs practice. It is a silence that helps to focus on what we are doing.
I am not violating my own rules right now. I am getting distracted by a guest on the Charlie Rose TV show. I can have music or sports events on the TV in the background and still write but not interesting guest on a talk show. I am losing my balance so I am shutting of the TV show which is ending and completing this posting. Balance is necessary to do many things without stress. So it is time to go.
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