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Mindfulness Tip: Stand Tall
You can literally shake off worries about the past and hurrying into the future, by making a quick adjustment of your posture. Stand up straight and you’ll suddenly notice where you are and who and...
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Ch30 Appendix: Resources and Inspirations
Here is a sample of favorite inspirational teachers that took me by the hand and guided me. On your journey, reach out to these and other authors, support groups and classes that fit your life! Find a...
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Ch19 Meditation: A Powerful Change Agent
Sitting down alone for a few minutes is the last thing we think to do, and the easiest, most powerful thing we can do. For the first forty years of my life, I never really argued. But, in a...
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Turn inward
It takes a conscious effort to stop running. To pause and look inward. To learn that everything you need, you already have. Filed under: Book Quotes, Inner Peace Book, USA Tagged: Boulder, Ch03,...
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Caring for our military personnel with meditation and gratitude
I can honestly say I have no clue what it would be like to serve in the military. My dad and his buddies served in WWII, but beyond that I don’t have much personal knowledge. I do have one good friend...
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Hanging out …can you be content doing nothing?
The most powerful thing we can do is be 100% present in our interactions with each other. Unhurried. Open to the moment and each other. Be, rather than, Do. Rare chance to play outside with my...
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Poem: I Want Five Minutes …a wedding blessing
Today, I’m asking you to share your life with me But I really just want five minutes When the alarm clock rings, I want five minutes To remember That you chose me And I chose you I want to rest my arm...
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Poem: A Lifetime of Love …a Haiku
In those few seconds Resting in your smile, I felt A lifetime of love About the poem: Let us not doubt love or make it be ‘all that’, every second, every day. Love is love. It’s important. It’s deep....
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Poem: I’m Rich
I’m Rich When I’m Here and now I’m rich When I’m Not I’m poor Too poor to pay attention – About the poem: The expression “too poor to pay attention” was the end of many a joke. It was a great way to...
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Poem: Notes from Self
If we arrive 15 minutes late to everything, it must take 15 minutes longer than you thought. Please plan accordingly! If you choose crappy food all day, we are going to feel like crap. Please prepare...
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Poem: Steep Spires
The steep spires The stained glass The carved statues The old books The unhappy people Posed questions They couldn’t answer When all along The answers I sought Were in a patient part I simply needed...
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Poem: A Few Minutes
Let me take Just a few minutes Of my day To simply be A few minutes Is enough To notice To see A few minutes To be still To be full of thanks Fills the bill A few minutes To fully arrive To feel one...
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What if moms were kind and encouraging?
Let’s face it. Most women who become mothers have few skills and often lack solid role models for how to be an excellent mom. We all want to be exemplary teachers and role models for the kids in our...
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The source of unhappiness
Five simple mantras for inner peace from Echart Tolle http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4627674?utm_hp_ref=eckhart-tolleFiled under: Inspirations Tagged: Eckhart Tolle, Mindfulness, now
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The Mindful Revolution – TIME
Though being ‘mindful’ is not part of many people’s daily vocabulary, maybe it one day soon will be. Especially if this revolution takes off. Finding inner peace requires no cost, no equipment, and no...
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Poem: Stillness
Projects and deadlines World-class boxing matches Battling it out in my brain Scenarios and conversations making laps Like the Daytona 500 No one can work in this mess Time out for stillness Ding ding...
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Poem: When Stillness Helps
When I feel anger taking hold Stillness helps When I feel my words becoming cold Stillness helps When I feel ungrateful or jealous When I act like a know-it-all zealot Stillness helps When I can’t...
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Meditation may help teens with cancer
Meditation may help teens with cancer The ‘care’ in healthcare should include mindfulness, nutrition, nature and exercise …and the natural basics of good health. Interesting research from...
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