One Minute Miracles: What's your Prompt?

I read something not long ago about writing prompts and I started thinking wouldn't it be cool to have a prompt every month to live by; something that would be a mantra for areas of development.  I was looking at a beautiful flower in this month's edition of Bella Grace (check it out – expensive magazine but totally worth the money) and I was amazed by the beauty of the petals and the perfect color of the rose.  So my prompt for this month is 'open' in honor of those petals.

This month I am concentrating on ways I could open my life to new experiences and be open to eliminating experiences that are not beneficial.   I'm not good at meditating but I do keep trying and one thought I had is that if I keep doing the same things, I will get the same results. So I became open to doing things differently.  When I disagreed with a colleague, instead of belaboring the point, I kept quiet.  I said my piece, no need to beat it into the ground.  I became open to stillness.  That has never happened before.  Now that I finished my Master's program, I have more time on my hands and I would generally fill up spare time with unhealthy (for me) activities such as shopping or watching Law and Order re-runs ad nauseum.  Today, I am practicing being – taking walks without music to distract me, sitting still and breathing and generally being open to possibilities that might arise if I don't constantly find things to 'do'.

In my ongoing effort to live a serene and peaceful life, being open is necessary.  If I want a different life, I must live differently and take different actions.  If I want peace, I must be open to stillness and quiet so I can practice.  If I want awareness, I must be open to the possibilities that the universe is trying to communicate.  While it isn't easy, my prompts are a start. They are a little reminder that change is imminent and they are a little helper when I begin to fall back into my old ways.  Instead of looking at time as a runaway train, today I am looking for the stops along the way. The stops where I let people off and new people arrive.  The stops where I am amazed by nature and take deep breaths that fill my lungs and my soul.  The stops where I can simply be.