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.

[PartTimeBrewer]

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow." ~ M.A. Radmacher

[Jozee]

For sure!

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"Always do whatever's next."  ~  George Carlin

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“An intelligent person who sees a weakness in another will correct the weakness in himself.” ~ Japanese saying

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"Am I disappointed and angry because that person isn't what I want them to be? Or am I sad because perhaps that person is having difficulties and needs help? There's a big difference in these two attitudes." ~ Thubten Chodron

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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

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"Coming and going are the nature of our lives, but we all think we are here permanently,  whether in a home, relationship, or stage of life. We have no idea what the next stage, person, or moment is bringing. We make up ideas, beliefs, dreams, and fantasies to secure our future. Though this is natural, deep down we base our hopes upon fictions."  ~  Brenda Shoshanna

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The central question of a warrior’s training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort. How do we practice with difficulty, with our emotions, with the unpredictable encounters of an ordinary day? ~ Pema Chodron

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"Today you could be standing next to someone who is trying their best not to fall apart. So whatever you do today, do it with kindness in your heart" ~ Tiny Buddha

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"If you notice a thought arising, you get choice. Whether to believe the thought. Whether to act on the thought. Whether to ignore the thought. "
Everday Mindfulness

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"There’s always fear of the unknown where there’s mystery. It’s possible to achieve a state where you realize the truth of life and fear disappears, and a lot of people have reached that state, but next to none of them are on Earth." —David Lynch

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"What's lying around unattended to in your home or life? Pick it up right now and put it in its rightful place. Is it a piece of clothing, paper, toothbrush, person, relationship? Is it an old dream that has been hanging there a long time? Just pick it up, wash or dust it off and put it where it belongs."  ~  Brenda Shoshanna