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Practice mindfulness.
Be present at every moment. Having gratitude for the present moment can bring about inner peace and calm. We are usually living in the past or the future. We get trapped in painful memories and thoughts of the past or we leap to the future and start “what if-ing” fantasies of things going horribly wrong. Rarely are we just in the moment soaking in exactly what is happening at that second.
Being present enables us to be grateful for what we have in our lives. We are able to really take in all that surrounds us that is good. Some mindful exercises include taking long, deep breaths and feeling the breath inhaling and exhaling from our body. Listening to the sounds around us. Finding five things in the room that are blue. Feeling the texture of something close to you. Looking around and trying to find something you have never noticed before. Mindfulness entails being completely present and being aware, with all of your senses, of that very moment.