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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"Fear is the memory of pain. Addiction is the memory of pleasure. Freedom is beyond both." ~ Deepak Chopra
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"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." ~ Source unknowm
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"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you
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"Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life."
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"When you read or hear something that evokes a strong emotional response, it is always wise to pause. Within that pause are a myriad of possibilities. Most of them better than any automatic reaction." ~ Everyday Mindfulness
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"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~ Victor Frankl
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"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." ~ James Miles
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Loving conditionally, expecting a return for your efforts, is more like making an investment than it is an expression of true passion.
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"Parents who hide failure, deny loss, and berate themselves for weakness, have nothing to teach their children. But parents who reveal themselves, in all their humanness become heroes." ~ William Martin
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"The ‘voice in your head’ is just a succession of thoughts - some of them completely random. They have no correlation with your values or who you are as a person." ~ Everday Mindfulness
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"Think of yourself as the one who listens to the thoughts, not the one who thinks the thoughts" ~ Everday Mindfulness
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