Mindfulness

[PartTimeBrewer]

              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.

[PartTimeBrewer]

If I believed in reincarnation, I might suspect that Mother Teresa was a Buddhist in a previous life.

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"If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish motives. Be kind anyway."  ~  Mother Teresa   

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"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."  ~  Dalai Lama XIV

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"People need our compassion far more than they need our judgement."  ~  Sarah Rudell Beach

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"If you overly protect your children, they will fear failure and avoid pain. But failure and pain are twin teachers of important lessons. Unless your children fully experience both, how will they know they have nothing to fear? ~ William Martin

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"The problem isn’t that we’re afraid, but that we refuse to meet our fear. Instead we build walls, hide in their shadows, and tell stories of the monsters on the other side. We wall off our hearts and over time our aversion to knowing our fear results in an inability to know love."  ~  Jason Garner

[Jozee]

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

Jack Kornfield

[Syble]

“Inner Peace can be seen as the ultimate benefit of practicing patience.”
― Allan Lokos

[PartTimeBrewer]

"One day i'll be just a memory for some people. I must try my best to be a good one." ~ unknown

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"When I stop chasing a Happy Ending, it seems possible to live each moment as a Happy Beginning." ~  Sheila Bayliss

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"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar."

THICH NHAT HANH

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"Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with craving and loss?"  ~  Susan Gordon Lydon