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Mindfulness
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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Permalink Reply by PartTimeBrewer on
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Aggie, your story hammers home the importance of prioritizing time. We think we want to live forever, but so often we can't seem to live in the moment.
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"Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated?" ~ DAvid M. Bader
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"The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence." ~ Thich Nhat Hahn
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"Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning...look in the mirror and laugh at yourself." ~ Bernie Glassman
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"Life is not a taking possession of everything, but a taking part in everything." ~ Lama Govinda
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My path is the path of stopping, the path of enjoying the present moment. It is a path where every step brings me back to my true home. It is a path that leads nowhere. I am on my way home. I arrive at every step." ~ Thich Nhat Hahn
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"Don't trust your thought when you are depressed. It is highly unlikely that it is true. Whatever you are depressed about won't last forever." ~ Haemin Sunim
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Sometimes these aphorisms just piss me off, and this is one that I have let get under my skin. I get it that circumstances, taken as a whole, do change with time (I live in Ohio, that describes the weather). But some losses ARE PERMANENT and dealing with depression means dealing with it directly, not waiting for the winds to change. Such a loss as this will always be a part of a constantly changing constellation of circumstances. The trick is to embrace the change while finding a comfortable altar for the enduring.
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"Not knowing is OK. You can't make certainty happen." ~ Zen Moments
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If I am certain about any one thing, it is that I am uncertain about everything. Wait...What? Sounds like the liars paradox.
But that's OK. False certainty is only a setup for disappointment. Uncertainty can be disturbing because it undermines the illusion of control and is confused with a lack of confidence. But true confidence is the belief that you will survive even if you don't know or control outcomes. Odds are, you will. -
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Not normally into New Year's resolutions, but this is too good to ignore. Pretend it's just any other day of the year when you feel you are in a rut and read the article linked below. Here's a teaser.
"I fantasize about how my life ‘should’ be different than it is—how everything should be better, easier, more enjoyable, and so forth. And these fantasies are slowly spoiling my attitude and my ability to make progress on the things that are important to me.”
http://www.marcandangel.com/2017/12/03/10-fantasies-to-let-go-of-be...
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A year from now, you will wish you had started today.
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