10 Tips for a Mindful Home

Last year, my husband cut this list out of Shambhala Sun magazine and put it on our fridge.  I look at it every day.  I love it so much, that I wanted to post it here! The list was compiled and written by Karen Maezen Miller who has an awesome blog called Cheerio Road.  Check it out if you have a chance.  And now, "10 Tips for a Mindful Home".

Yes.
This is all worth repeating.

Wake With the Sun

There is no purer light than what we see 

when we open our eyes first thing in the morning.

Sit

Mindfulness without meditation is just a word.

Make your Bed

The state of your bed is the state of your head.  

Enfold your day in dignity.

Empty the Hampers

Do the laundry without resentment or commentary 

and have an intimate encounter with the very fabric of life.

Wash Your Bowl

Rinse away self-importance and clean up your own mess.

If you leave it undone, it will get sticky.

Set a Timer

If you're distracted be the weight of what's undone, 

set a kitchen timer and, like a monk in a monastery, 

devote yourself wholeheartedly to the task at hand until the bell rings.

Rake the Leaves

Rake, weed and sweep. You'll never finish for good, 

but you'll learn the point of pointlessness.

Eat When Hungry

Align your inexhaustible desires with the one true appetite.

Let the Darkness Come

Set a curfew on the internet and TV and discover the natural 

balance between daylight and darkness, work and rest.

Sleep When Tired

Nothing more to it.