Many other researchers and practitioners have found that appreciation generates creativity, joy, connection, resilience, and inner peace. That’s what I discovered on that porch over 20 years ago and it is available to everyone.
There are just a few requirements in the practice. Paying and giving attention to a specific choice is the first one.
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I heard a friend say to a group of us this morning that “We change the World one communication at a time.” Could this statement be true? How could it be true? Does communication have that much power? What would I need to understand and practice in order to have the power to effect some positive change in the world?
While I’ve heard similar ideas before, hearing it this way struck a particular cord in me today. So I’ve been thinking about it and here’s what I’ve come up with….
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Getting caught in comparison can kill creativity and dampen
vital energy. So this is a serious action to consider. The
legendary modern dance teacher, Martha Graham, put it this way.
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is
translated through you into action, and because there is only one
of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you
block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will
be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to
determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with
other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly
and directly, to keep the channel open.”
Martha’s thoughts speak volumes to me. But I want to focus on the
part that “It is not your business to determine how good it is nor
how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions.” …
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A friend sent me a description of a dream she had recently. A hurricane was raging and she was sitting in the eye of the storm safely. She instantly knew it was about the financial upheaval around the globe and suggested that the only safe place was at the center of the hurricane. I agree with her. When this all started revving up, I noticed my own fear reaction start revving up…
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To state the obvious – we all need love! Most of us look only for love outside of ourselves – from partners, spouses, family, children, friends, God. But we often forget a most important source of love and that is OURSELF. One big problem is that…
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In this article I want to give you a view of mindfulness meditation that hopefully will be an invitation for practice and/or support and encouragement for your journey. At the end of the article I will give simple instructions for how to meditate. As I’ve heard many teachers say, “It’s a simple practice, it’s just not always easy”. With that in mind, let’s begin.
“What we live with we learn, what we learn we practice, what we practice we become”. As many of you probably know…
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Many times it’s easy to know what to say and do in a given situation such as the everyday tasks in our lives. But there often are times when we are faced with the need to respond or act and we’re not quite sure what to say or how to proceed. For example, I was faced with that recently …
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