A quiet mind

 Ish…

I still check my email too much. I still respond to text messages too instantly. I still pick up my phone and don’t know why. 

But. 

But it’s shifting. I can see the shift in my mind and it’s quieter. I listen more and I go deeper in what I’m reading or watching. Tonight I watched a movie on a Thursday night just because. 

And I found the song titled quiet mind and it’s become my mantra…

And so these words have helped me …ish. 

What I’m finding is we are all trying to be more present. Be more creative. Be more productive but yet do more yoga at the same time. Be more multitasking but then actually do one thing at a time. We are all chasing too much and live in fear of something getting forgotten or unfinished. But we live in a life where we can keep track of things more than  ever. Maybe our goals need to shift. Maybe we don’t need more of anything. Maybe we just need to just take the invitation that’s already there. A quiet mind…(ish) 

(Lyrics by Shadowlands) 

It’s an invitation tonight, give me a quiet mind

I′ve been slipping through the sands of time

Fear creeping up from behind

In all of the tragic in this static

Stillness is hard to find

I′ve been trying to catch my breath

I've been living myself to death

Chasing anything and everything

Until there′s nothing left

Arms around me through the night

Shield and shelter in the fight

You've been all around calling out right there

Giving me songs of consolation

Making this work in the hurt, so steady and strong

It′s an invitation tonight, give me a quiet mind

Tonight, give me a quiet mind, tonight