“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”

― Thich Nhat Hanh

How many times have you felt overwhelmed by even the slightest of hitch in your schedule? How many times did you snap in front of your spouse or children or parents because of some incident that happened in the workplace? Doesn’t it cause deep restlessness when you ruin your day because of one random event that affects only one aspect of your life?

We live in a world where lives are highly dominated by our work. Working long hours is glorified and ‘being crazy busy’ is the new cool! And being cool comes at the expense of the peace that our mind deserves. And hence the era of retreats and yoga is in vogue. The mayhem of heavy traffic in our lives requires us to unwind.

And all you gotta do is practise mindfulness. Mindfulness is nothing but getting in touch with yourself. And it is one of the easiest things to do to transform yourself into the real you. Maintain journals for your feelings, go for a walk, spend some time doing nothing, take deep breaths, basically just appreciate the life you have been given. Can you believe something so easy can have so many positive impacts in your life?

Catch up on yourself

In a world where we are all fighting to catch up with our friends and colleagues, waiting for weekends, the first thing we need to do is to catch up with ourselves. All these years we have layered ourselves with expectations and responsibilities that we have forgotten the original version. Living all these roles often leaves us overwhelmed. Hence take out time to shake hands with the ‘you’ that has been hidden beneath these layers that society has covered with. When you do it regularly, you won’t need to hide beneath the layers and you will always be in touch with your true self.

Install a traffic light for your mind

In the mayhem of all the information that your mind is bombarded with and the million things it has to keep up with, it is important to manage the traffic well. Collisions often keep happening and that’s why you snap, and one day there might be a tragic accident that can fry your brain. Mindfulness is that traffic light which manages the flow of your thoughts and keeps them in order. It does not decrease the traffic initially but lets you handle it in a better way. And eventually it creates a couple of one ways and roadblocks that filter out the thoughts that are not worth your mind.

Too much peace never harms anyone

Even if you think your life is pretty stable and don’t really need to unwind, think again! After all there are few things in life which do not harm even if you have too many of them. Peace, Luck, blessings, happiness, bliss; all these are never too much. So why not take some time off and feel the peace spread in every cell of your body? Who knows it paves a way towards the dreams you never thought you wanted to dream?

Mindfulness is what you feel when you are home and your mom serves you food.

Mindfulness is when you paint after years of using the keyboard and forgetting that you loved colors.

Mindfulness is hugging your friends tightly when you meet after a long time.

Mindfulness is playing in the rain when you are young and listening to the raindrops when you grow.

Mindfulness is enjoying that last piece of chocolate after you finish the ice cream cone. Mindfulness is feeling the sun rays on your face during chilly December mornings.