Mindfulness

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              I am starting a new thread here mainly for purposes of my own catharsis. It is my intention, at least at this point, to make regular contributions. Of course, if anyone else has anything to add, they are more than welcome. If you have any input, please contribute.

              Over a year ago I decided to deal head-on with my self-diagnosed adult attention disorder, (ADD). The inability to stay focused was becoming too stressful. I found myself sitting around watching the clock tick, yet I couldn’t keep “on task” with any project I started. Nothing was getting done and just starting something was becoming depressing.

              The smart thing to do was probably to get professional help, so instead I decided to try to heal myself, at least as a first try. Cognitive therapy and pharmaceuticals (UGH) might be the approved way to go but I decided to try meditation first.

              18 months and countless self-help books later, I still can’t bring myself to a regular, formal meditation program. But, along the way, I discovered informal mindfulness. Yes, I know it is the “Fad” right now. It is hard to navigate modern social trends without “tripping over” somebody extolling the benefits of mindfulness.

              Let me add my voice to the chorus.

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"This is why we create unnecessary drama and conflict in our relationships: We don't see people as they are. We see everything we're projecting onto them from our past, our pains, and our assumptions." ~ Tiny Buddha 

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"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

~ Jimi Hendrix

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"Now every time I witness a strong person, I want to know: What darkness did you conquer in your story? Mountains do not rise without earthquakes." ~Katherine MacKenett⠀

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"...we have to drop notions of feelings being good or bad, positive or negative. As communications from an ancient part of the brain, they are, essentially, information: this is a potential threat; that is a potential benefit."
~ Bodhipaksa

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"Kindness is an elixir that fortifies relationships; it is the expression of an individual's desire that others experience contentment and joy. Kindness also replenishes itself when tapped."
~ Deborah Schoeberlein David

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“‘Finding yourself’ is actually returning to yourself. An unlearning, an excavation, a remembering who you were before the world got its hands on you.” ~Emily McDowell

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"Mindful living takes a lifetime, but practicing is a moment-by-moment decision."
~ Deborah Schoeberlein David

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"One of the reasons why forgiveness is so hard is that our heart does not listen to our mind."
~ Haemin Sunim

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"The happiest people are the givers." ~ Buddhist Journal

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"There is a disproportionately high return on investment associated with offering small, but genuine, gestures of kindness whenever and wherever possible."
~ Deborah Schoeberlein David

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"Many of us spend our lives hoping for a time when we have everything we want & life is free of struggle, but that time never comes. Happiness is finding joy and gratitude despite life's ups and downs." - Tiny Buddha

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"Whenever we give in to fear, we make it more solid, and consequently our life becomes smaller, more limited, more contracted. In a way, every time we give in to fear, we cease to truly live."
~ Ezra Bayda