Challenge: meditate on a feeling

TO focus on the moment sometimes it helps to focus on one feeling.

Try this - pick one physical feeling: Touch something and focus on the feel you can also focus of the feeling of your shows on your feet, the skin on your body, the air on your skin, grass under foot, your hand on a counter, etc; it doesn't matter what you choose, just pick something to feel and focus on it and only it for 30 seconds.

When I do this exercise I feel myself grounded in the moment and taken to another place at the same time, I may be shifting my focus to be completely aware of a feeling but I am also thinking about how the rest of me feels at the moment too, I am not just focusing on me feeling the thing but I might as well be what I am feeling.

• When I feel my hand on the counter, I am the counter.
• When I feel the wind on my skin, I am the wind

This is an interesting exercise that can be very rewarding, I challenge you to give it a try. (P.S. my favorite is fresh green grass under my bare feet, watch out for ants though :))

Pain = mindfulness

Being that my legs and arms are still screaming in pain from the cross fit workout I did on Thursday I am starting to think about the connection between being in the moment and pain.
Just walking around I have to focus moment by moment not to trip or bump into anyone because I am moving slow.
Is there a connection between centeredness and adversity?

Through a lot of concentrated effort I have been able to stretch out my legs and walk relatively normal now, I hope the pain clears enough for me to go for a short run tomorrow, cardio kickbox on Monday and do the cross fit again on Thursday (yeah I know I am crazy but I really want to beat this workout, it wil put me in great shape if I can eventually work up to being able to finish it.)
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Forgot

Ever forgot something at the office and have to double back for it?
I just did that with my camera and made it a few miles away before I realized it.
My thought process
1. I am annoyed, I was on my way to pick up Mom and now I am going to be late, either that or I have to wait till tomorrow before I can edit my current photos
2. Make the best of it. Enjoy the ride and the site of the way back to the office this late in the day that you don't generally get to see.
A lesson too learn here is don't get annoyed, think of it as an opportunity to quiet mental noise and focus on the moment. Who knows what unexpected opportunity this turn of events might bring that woudn't have occured otherwise.
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Try looking at it from another perspective, literally.

Have you ever heard the phrase, "Try looking at it from another perspective?" I got to thinking about this and wondered, is it possible to do this literaly?

Try picturing what you are doing right now from the perspective of someone watching you. I don't know about you but I find myself instantly correcting my posture, expression, etc.