Dillan Taylor

Early Morning Mindfulness

February 4th, 2021 6:34 AM I guess this is the kind of thing that makes life worth being present for, and by being present, I don't just mean that in reference to simply time. I mean by simply being in the moment. Almost like reaching nirvana, if you will. I've been up since before 4:00 this morning and now I'm up moving about the house taking care of some simple chores and the weather is perfect (to me, anyway.) A light breeze blowing through, it's dark out still. People are just now waking up for the day, with hardly any traffic on the street. It's quiet. It's pristine, perfect. There's a pleasant smell in the air. Isn't it remarkable how if you smell something, it takes you through a time warp, to a certain point in your past that you wish you could relive and experience again, maybe wish you could do it better than you did before? I know this may seem a bit strange but as I turn up my nose to the wind and smell that crisp morning air, I suddenly find myself whisked back into when I used to play baseball back in junior high school. It wasn't the most pleasant time but it was the most humbling. I guess I could be getting soft, nostalgic, and maybe even at a point where some of you reading this would tilt your head to the side and think that something odd is happening but the point I'm trying to make here is that for the first time in a really long time, I'm feeling at peace within myself, emotionally, physically, spiritually, in my heart and in my soul. And I've missed this feeling.