Sit Still and Shut Up
Like exercise, I keep thinking that I want to add meditation to my daily schedule. I have read books, bought cd’s, and taken classes. Mostly, I am impatient, I get fidgety and the more I try to calm my mind, the crazier it gets. I assume that with practice I will get better, but I want instant results…again, just like exercise.
Wednesday’s column by Mark Morford, Sit down, shut up, breathe, reminded me that this is still a skill that I wish to work on. From the article:
It’s a small study that goes handily with the umpteen similar bits of research lo these past years, all of which seem to indicate some other famously healthful aspect of meditation: stress relief, improved heart function, life extension, emotional stability, improved sleep, increased productivity, better orgasms, fewer ingrown hairs, brighter sunshine, better gas mileage and also merely learning to sit still and shut the hell up once in awhile, which I can promise you will make your wife and your siblings and your kids and your dog and even your own manic ego very happy indeed.
Better orgasms, gas mileage and brighter sunshine!! Say no more…I am back on the meditation bus. Exercise too.
