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You dine, rather than consume.

It’s a one hour cup of soup and a glass of red wine at a local bistro. It’s not a four minute, thirty second frozen dinner and diet coke consumed at your laptop in less time than it took to heat up.

You sit in silence and listen to your breathing.

You don’t text message back and forth or look at your watch or be uncomfortable that you’re in public at lunch by yourself having a good time. You put your cell phone on mute (not vibrate) and turn it upside down.

You walk slow, with your head up, proud and purposeful, but with a curious nature about you.

You don’t walk fast, head down, shoulders hunched, thinking about your destination and the imposition the walk is causing you.

You think, “right now, my walking is the destination.”

You are proud of the small things you have accomplished today, instead of beating yourself up and feeling guilty for those you haven’t had a chance to get to yet.

You know that, not only will happiness find you, but that it is right here in this moment.

You try not to get too excited about the future because, not only is it almost always different than you imagine, but you realize that the present is where the actual experience exists.

You imagine a moment and a feeling the way you want it to be. You attach a firm picture in your mind to it, and then you let it go, comfortably knowing how the energies of the universe will shift and shape to allow it to come to fruition.

Relaxation is not being so serious.

Relaxation, most importantly, is not being so hard on yourself.

Life is too short to feel regretful. Life is too short to not enjoy the present. Life is too short to be afraid. And certainly, life is too short to be anxious, uptight, and in a hurry. Life is too important to forget this.

You look at people in the eyes and be with them because you realize they are not a distraction from your moment. They are the key piece to it all.