You don’t need to get your life together to start meditating. You don’t need a budget or permission. You just need the willingness to find greater clarity and a few minutes. If you feel like your life is a mess, great! You have plenty of material to work with. Take a few minutes to simply observe. Become strong and fierce, and return to the world when you are ready.

Try this meditation for one minute today, or longer if you wish:

JUST NOTICE THINGS: your thoughts and emotions, flowers, voices, children, birds, the noises around you. Just notice them.

I do not wait for the perfect moment to come.
I do not wait for free time to magically appear.
I make my practice a priority and do not wait for permission to begin.

How did this meditation go for you? Share your experience with your fellow North Shore Bank employees at shorelines@northshorebank.com and you’ll be entered to win a copy of Mindfulness in Plain English, by Bhante Gunaratana.

If you’d like a daily email reminder to practice one minute of mindfulness, email us with the subject “Mindfulness reminder.”