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Nanea Hoffman – Sweatpants & Coffee LLC

This one sentence describes the way I feel right now perfectly.

My heart feels so full I find it difficult to type. My son is trying to teach me to meditate, thinking of a thing I’m thankful for, closing my eyes, feet flat on the floor, FEELING that gratitude flow through me.

That is what I felt just now when I found this. Overwhelming gratitude that

my husband is comfortable in the nursing home,
that I’m living close to our son and that we spend such wonderful time together,
that I’m safe and incredibly well cared for,even though I’m in a new country where I don’t speak the language, don’t know many of the customs yet, am just learning the money, and am totally dependent on my son for everything
that I can spend my days in joyful activities, like writing this blog, sketching something and painting it, reading a good book, working on a jigsaw puzzle, listening to music, taking a walk, watching TV or a movie, taking a nap in the middle of the day, enjoying a mocha, watching the traffic
that I have friends from the states that I’m able to keep up with, and more friends from my blog, so we can help each other through tough times or laugh together
that I am getting healthier every day, adding to my exercises, eating right, drinking water, and getting enough sleep

We are all in this world together, helping each other the best way we can with what we have at the time, knowing there is care and love behind it. May we make our world a kinder place with everyone feeling as happy as I do right now.

Our son has been in Nepal for the past two months at a meditation center. We had a good video chat with his this morning, actually getting to see his FACE, talking as if we were in the same room. (I placed quotes around ‘home’ in the title above because he is at ‘home’ and works in Thailand.)

This is the entrance to the center he attended in Nepal. He said he had chosen well. It is very well run. He felt very safe there. They were served breakfast and lunch daily, meditating for some 14 hours per day.

It would drive me up the wall, but our son found it a great learning experience, with a totally different emphasis than his meditation at home. He says he would like to practice now, internalizing as much of what he learned as possible, and might go back for another session sometime in the future.

His meditation practice was a character-building exercise for his PARENTS, as well. He has us thoroughly spoiled, having set up a secure chat program, where we send pictures and messages whenever we want, sometimes chatting several times a day. He also set up a conference call program, also very secure, called appear.in where we can see each other and talk as long as we would like. Since Feb. 1st, we hadn’t heard from him at all, in deference to what he was trying to accomplish. We weren’t worried, as such, but it’s a great comfort to again be able to communicate.

Meditation is helping calm his mind, which used to race, he said. He is feeling much more able to deal with whatever is happening around him. He is learning to be much better at ‘living in the moment,’ rather than thinking about things in the past or getting anxious about what might happen in the future. He is more confident and content.

I’m so happy he is able to do things like this. He really has control over his life, his needs, his emotions, his priorities.

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