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.

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"Stop being afraid of what can go wrong. Start being excited about what can go right."  ~  Tiny Buddha

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“Planning tends to solidify life, and life is simply not meant to be frozen solid.” ~ Elizabeth Voetsch

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"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open." ~ John Barrymore

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Nice

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"Emotions and moods are something that is happening in your mind rather than something that is happening to YOU."  ~  Everyday Mindfulness

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"Spirituality doesn’t look like sitting down and meditating. Spirituality looks like folding the towels in a sweet way and talking kindly to the people in the family even though you’ve had a rough day."
—Sylvia Boorstein

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"Give yourself space to hear your own voice — your own soul. Too many of us listen too closely to the noise of the world and get lost in the crowd." ~ Marc & Angel Chernoff

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"Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, yet pass over the mystery of themselves without a thought."
—St. Augustine

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“The world is mind-bogglingly amazing,
But the only people noticing are 0 to 6 years old.”
~ Emma Seppala

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I'm preparing my mindset for a 2 week visit with my California granddaughters,  ages 4 and 2.5. We will be exploring the world of Beginner's Mind. 

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"In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”
― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

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"Kids use their imaginations for play, most adults use it for worry." ~ Sean Stephenson