Comment on Mindfulness: Another Take by Touch2Touch
Everyone: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Stef’s blog, http://smilekiddo.wordpress.com, is a joy and a delight, but a lot of that is undoubtedly grounded in her mindfulness work. So check out...
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Judith, this is incredibly kind of you. Thank you!
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‘Mindfulness’ is a word that I’ve encountered quite often recently. Even though I don’t have to go to work, I’m a victim of the MORE MORE concept. More information, the web, the TV … always connected....
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That’ll keep you busy for a while and out of mischief Maybe you remember this post of mine: http://touch2touch.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/on-paying-attention/ It’s something that can be approached from...
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Going out to the ocean puts things in proportion … watching it heave, the crashing waves, the tide … the rocks on the beach … just sitting there contemplating how little I am. I do it often. Now I’ve...
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It’s some big world! And so full of a number of things — Endlessly interesting, if also sometimes frustrating, or complicated, or painful. For me, it’s the desert mountains that put things in...
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There is a certain restfulness to being surrounded by a multitude of colors or things and letting them all pour through you until they are part of you. It’s more of an unfocusing that allows you to...
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Interesting observation, Pauline. For me, being in a cluttered environment sucks out the air out — unfocusing becomes a necessity then if I’m to breathe. I’m sure this is a temperamental matter. But...
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Donne’s poem is magnificent, a towering piece I’ve loved for decades. Thanks for bringing it to the front again – A powerful statement about connections — whether we choose them or not, like them or...
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Yes, I have had people around me before, that likewise ‘proudly claimed not to want anything to do with it’. Honestly, I don’t know what’s there to be proud about … ‘to try and fight progress?!’ My own...
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Well, for better, for worse — we’re two striding forward into the future —
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I’m embarrassed to say I have never read (nor heard) this poem in its’ entirety; and upon reading it just now, I found it amazingly beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing the complete text; I...
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There will always be those who resist, and those who embrace; and I hope I always remain in the latter camp. I lived in the former space for too long already in my relatively brief life…
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I hear you loud and clear, Stef. I’ve always been initially a nay-sayer — not that I remain there, but it’s my first impulse, and I have to work my way forward from there to YES. Sometimes it’s a long...
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Ah – Calvin and Hobbes! Hobbes is my role model. I like Gertrude, too. One of my favorite Stein quotes is: An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work. I often dance – all...
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That is delightful, to dance to the tune of the world — Yes, dance on!
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I dance (=blog). I love the image of Pauline dancing, here above..
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(The story so far—) “Upon my word, you must think me a fool!,” said she and slammed the door. Mercy looked at the limp bouquet of wildflowers in her hand, and shook her head back and forth. ‘This is...
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