“Finding the Zen” is a lot of things; acceptance, contentment, patience, and sometimes the thread that keeps me from becoming the “mom from hell”. I’ve even begun thinking of “Finding the Zen” as a form of meditation. While I am not religious, I am spiritual and the idea of meditation as a path to enlightenment is tempting. But, frankly, I just don’t have the time. While Zen appeals to me as a philosophy, I am not ready to commit to it as a lifestyle.
The other day Oprah had Goldie Hahn on her show. The topic. Happiness. Goldie suggested we find ten minutes of quiet each day. Oprah tried to make it more doable. She suggested one minute. I thought, “I can do that”. But one minute can be an awfully long time when you’re just sitting there doing nothing. Especially, when your list of things to do keeps inserting itself into your consciousness. This is when I decided that my “Finding the Zen” moments are a form of meditation. I call it wakeful meditation, moments of calm, insight and reflection. This is the kind of meditation I can do. It is only a moment but that moment can the shape rest of the day.
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