TBD on Ning
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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"Anything that costs you your peace is too expensive. Learn to let it go."
~ Buddha Project
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"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them”
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"One of the greatest gifts we can give people is learning to accept where they are without adding our expectations to their burdens.” ~Connor Beaton
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“We seek happiness without realizing that we already possess it. If we can train ourselves to access it, we free ourselves from the chase.”
~ BUDDHA PROJECT
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"World peace begins with inner peace."
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“There is beauty to be found in the pain. Life is brutal, but it’s also beautiful. Life is Brutiful.” ~Glennon Doyle
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"Sometimes I need
only to stand
wherever I am
to be blessed."~ Mary Oliver
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"Entitlement is the unfounded conviction that Life owes me a living. It misses the fact that everything is gift, even my very existence."
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"You are not who you think you are. You are what you do."
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"When we become too certain or fixed upon any given label, we restrict our chance to experience life’s vast array of surprises and opportunities."
~ Elaine Smookler
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“It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.”
~ Buddha Project
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"I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.
...Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable."~ Mary Oliver
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