It's All New: A Morning Meditation
A new day, a new beginning! It's all so new, if we but stop and look. Nothing is the same as we left it. And even though our daily routines make us think it is all the same, it never is or can be.
So, we can exult in the "newness" of every moment of every "routine" and know that it is all fresh, new and joy filled. And as we see the "newness" and freshness of every moment, we come to appreciate and adore it all.
Thus, you may want to say to yourself: "I really want to bring this sense of newness and freshness into all I do from now on. To just stop, breathe and appreciate; to savor. To just 'be' present for each moment's gift, for each moment's 'newness'."
There can be no greater joy or fulfillment than to be filled with the richness of each moment. If one reaches and strives for the hoped for fulfillment in the future, one will always come up empty handed. There is only the present. Let us seize each and every moment and be filled to overflowing with all it has to offer. LET IT ALL COME TO YOU! Be present and it will!
In order to allow yourself to experience the "newness" of a moment, experiment with the following. Whenever you can, just stop; take a couple of deep breaths; then become aware of your body by doing a brief body scan from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. This will bring you into the present.
Then focus on your inhalation and just imagine that you are breathing in "newness," "freshness," and "joy." And on the exhalation, imagine that you are releasing the old, stagnant, and mutated energies. Then continue focusing on your breath and your breathing. Breathing in all that is new and fresh and joy-filled and releasing on the exhalation all that is old, worn and stagnant. After a few moments of doing this, all will be made fresh and anew!
Remember, you only see what you are looking for; you only get what you are asking for!