{"id":875,"date":"2023-05-21T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajmajor.co.uk\/?p=875"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:34:53","slug":"bringing-an-open-mind-to-the-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajmajor.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/05\/21\/bringing-an-open-mind-to-the-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing An Open Mind To The Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajmajor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/img_5307-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A beautiful bowl of porridge with peanut butter and berries.\" class=\"wp-image-986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajmajor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/img_5307-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajmajor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/img_5307-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajmajor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/img_5307-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ajmajor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/img_5307-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ajmajor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/img_5307-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Things almost always work out better when you keep an open mind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The art of bringing an open mind to the situation is often more difficult than we might like to admit; but have you ever noticed how things almost always work out better if you can manage to do it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other morning I somehow snoozed my alarm and dropped back off to sleep. When the dogs woke me shortly after (they\u2019re very good at that) I had slightly less time than usual before work started; still plenty of time to be ready, but with dogs to walk, meditation and a Tai Chi session to fit in before breakfast it was going to be tight getting it all done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time I was ready for  breakfast, I had already decided it was going to be eggs on toast; without, I should add, having first checked the fridge. With expectations set, I opened the fridge door, and\u2026disaster, no eggs in sight, and no time to go for some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Whatever did I do next?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who knows me may be surprised (?) to hear that after a good bit of flapping about, staring into the void of the fridge to make sure I wasn\u2019t just \u2018not seeing\u2019 the eggs, I stamped over to the cupboard to look for alternatives, resolutely \u2018not seeing\u2019 anything there either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By this time, Jess had come downstairs: \u201cWhat are you having for breakfast?\u201d, she asked, \u201cI\u2019m not sure what I fancy\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wanted eggs, but there aren\u2019t any, and I can\u2019t see much else to have instead\u201d, came my gruff reply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I continued on my fruitless quest, I was vaguely aware of the sounds of activity around me; and then, the bowl pictured above appeared under my nose: \u201cWould this do?\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it happened, it did rather well; certainly not the \u2018making do\u2019 kind of breakfast I was so busy preparing for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So What\u2019s My Point Here?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All of those ingredients were in their proper places, but I had overlooked them because I was too fixated on one idea of what I wanted. I could quite easily have put a bowl like that together myself (maybe not quite as stylishly) if I had brought the right mindset to bear on the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s a fairly decent lesson to learn before you\u2019ve even started your day, but there was more. It served as an immediate reminder that the meditation and mindfulness practice I had only just finished should be more than just an exercise to do at a certain point in the schedule and then forget until next time; you\u2019re supposed to try and bring them with you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Openness , flexibility and non-reactivity are all choices we make every single instant throughout the day. Suitably humbled, I set about the rest of my schedule. I managed not to waste any more precious time beating myself up about my failure and sulking about it; at least I managed to get <em>something<\/em> right in the aftermath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">As A Footnote<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I should probably make it clear for those who haven\u2019t realised, that if not for Jess\u2019s intervention things would have continued as they were. There is a staying: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"> When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>How true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The art of bringing an open mind to the situation is often more difficult than we might like to admit; but have you ever noticed how things almost always work out better if you can manage to do it? The other morning I somehow snoozed my alarm and dropped back off to sleep. 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