Lost somewhere

It must have been quite some time since I last remember that I was lost, I mean specifically, lost in a town. Now I recalled, I was lost in one of the vineyard area last year. This time round, I wasn't really went lost, but lost 'contact'. The very few things I could do, 1. Walked home and found nobody's home, so sent a very brief SMS, 2. Walked to another person's home, and nobody's home too, but got wifi connection for Whatsapp, 3. Home sweet home (literally). Another experience in town with my extraordinarily limited language knowledge. 

As I was 'lost', I gained something in return. It has been a long long while since I last meditated. And that was what I did this morning. Problem with jet lag, waking up too often in the middle of the night, the body keeps reminding you that you should begin getting active now, it's time to wake up! So, well, I woke up at 6am. All awake by the 'not-so-freezing-yet' cold shower. And meditated for half an hour. 

For once, I controlled my mind again. It's a very beautiful exercise for the mind. Not only I started to notice the rise and fall of incidences and thoughts in my mind, I regain balance in between my mind and my body. But it's a long way to go before my mind can work beautifully again.

For some reason or so, I've gained another 'finger snapping' moment when I grab hold on my camera again. They are so many breathe taking moments or shots capture from the eye of the lens. Come to think about it, it was actually a certain spot of the entire view that was being captured in the way we want it to be. So, whether it's 'good' or 'bad' chosen for the highlight, it's entirely up to us. Most of the time, we chose the 'better' spot for our captions and omit the non-necessary part altogether. 

Photo shooting, we always choose the better spot for highlight. Surprisingly, in life, many of us are focusing on the 'bad' spot for highlight and omit the 'good' spot altogether. Is it merely because mind is not abstract, hence people tend to neglect the good side of it? While for scenery, it's not entirely abstract, but it can be seen and that's the difference. 

A good insight from a few pages read from the book titled 'Straight from the Heart'. Very insightful. Hello 'mind', let's cooperate and form a better 'me'.