What's on my mind this summer? Time! How none of us have enough and all of us want more. It's no longer the house on the beach, convertible lexus, primo theatre seats on broadway or awesome pair of jimmy choos that we crave. After we work all day, pick up the kids from summer camp, squeeze in exercise, make a semi-healthy dinner (or pick one up at Macaroni Grill or better yet California Pizza kitchen) catch-up on what's new with our "pre-teens", chat with a girlfriend quickly about fashion, food and men, then fall into bed dreaming about that one week we get to go away to the beach before school starts--we crave more time. Then we realize that there is NO "more" time. No time for pictionary with the family, reading that book we keep hearing that's been on the best-seller list for 52 weeks or doing that much-needed yoga before bed.

So, the question is--what can we do less of to make more time for the things we want to do more of? Do we hire more staff in an unsteady economy to work less hours to spend time with family; do we step-down from that non-profit board that we belong to that benefits women and children-at-risk; do we exercise, read or meditate less yet bottling-up more stress? I don't know what the answer is but I do know that we need to slow down and take one moment at a time.

Encompassing that same thought brings up the word turiya. It's an indonesian word meaning "constant state of bliss". No, I don't think that every second of every day can be "blissful" but if we can find the "bliss" in everything we do--walking the dog at 4 a.m., making breakfast, driving the kids to camp, working, cooking dinner (even if it isn't that gourmet dish we'd like to learn to make), exercising for 15 minutes instead of 50 like we'd like to or even cleaning the house or grocery shopping--then that to me is living in a "turiya" state of mind. Let's face it, it might make things we do seem to go slower and walah! We now have more TIME!!!!!
Think about it--or better yet--don't.