I was taught to ask a question – Am I available?

What does the word availability mean?

A deep reflection on the word of availability gives deep insight.

Are we available? – Available with all our faculties to every relationship or encounters in our lives.

The answer is simple : No.

When we talk to someone at workplace, we are available mentally at home and vice versa.

While watching a movie, we are available elsewhere planning something else.

When with family, we are available in the mind at our desk in our workplace.

We are so consciously not available to our body’s needs. Do we consciously be available to everyone around us – children, friends and families? No. We are lost.

Am I available to understand others pain or join others in their joy, without placing ourselves first – without bias, without judgement, without jealousy?

Availability is how I perceive my role in relation to others and their needs.

So, how do we consciously be available to our environment? Need to ponder.

I thought about it : Being Mindful. Being Mindful of the things we do. I struggle being mindful? Do you? Any thoughts on this.