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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"There will be people in this life who will cut you open just to see what you are made of… show them it is love.” ~Donna Ashworth

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You can find yourself by losing yourself in the service of others. —Herman Harrell Horne

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"The way that we end something shapes the way the next thing begins. When we hang on to the past, it limits our capacity to welcome the new."

~ Mindfulonline

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“In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much, and forget about the joy of just being.”

~ Buddha Project

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"What a revelation it was to me to realize that the universe is me, too! We are not set apart from creation, we are an integral part of it. We are not masters over the land and beasts, but their kin. We are flesh of one flesh, soil of one soil, soul of one soul."
~ John R. Mabry

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"The reason we are lonely is not that there are no people around us, but because our hearts are closed to them. Have the courage to open up and speak to them first. You will be surprised to discover how many things you have in common."
~ Haemin Sunim

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"We never really know what’s going on with anyone else, but we know what it’s like to be human. So in the face of suffering, what appropriate response is there but compassion?" - Taylor Plimpton

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"Straining and striving, with great anxiousness over some desired outcome, are self-punishing. Patience and faith—taking things in stride while working consistently and constructively—most likely bring about good results." ~ Martin Aronson

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“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ~Maya Angelou

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"Wealth and worldly status fool us into thinking we’ve fulfilled our task, lessening the likelihood that we even notice what we’re missing until our malaise becomes severe."
~ Martin Aronson

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"A humble heart, purged of conceit and selfishness, is the mark of a gentle and admirable character."
~ Martin Aronson

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"Stripped of pretension, arrogance, artifice, and illusion, a simple and unassuming character is the stamp of a noble nature."

~ Martin Aronson