Lately I’ve taken up meditation to calm myself at the suggestion of my father and brother. It’s a good technique to calm yourself temporarily. My brother gave me a bunch of mp3s of guided meditation practices. You listen in headphones while following the guide’s instructions. At first I felt sheepish doing it, but it really is effective, half an hour at a time.
But there are so many hours in the day, and following the instruction gets repetitive. I don’t know whether that’s me sabotaging myself, or growing bored with a repetitive practice, or what. But I’ll keep trying it. I trust my father and brother. My brother is one of the most genuinely positive people I know. My father is accomplished by any standard and always seems to get things done, despite his stressful job and his own health problem. I admire them. I wish I could be more like them. So if they tell me to try something, I’m going to try it.
