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Three Thoughts
Today I would like to share my morning practice of reflecting on three thoughts each day to build resiliency and be more fully engaged in life.
Degrees of Mindfulness
A short clip from my talk at the A Way Out Symposium – September 12, 2020, at the Aspen Institute.
Looking deeply, what do you see?
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau When you look at a stranger, what do you see? Do you see the clothes they’re wearing, noting the style or how expensive they are? Do you see their age? Do you see them as attractive or unattractive? Do…
Moving beyond fear
“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” Abraham Maslow It is extremely difficult to grow while in our comfort zone. As we know, the greatest opportunities to grow and develop ourselves lie in our willingness to…
Start with who you are, where you are
“Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are.” – Pema Chödrön How much of the time is our attention focused on somewhere we’d rather be or how someone else’s life seems better than ours? Today’s inspiration reminds us…
A better world begins with a better self
“It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.” – Thomas Merton We’ve all spent time in deep and meaningful discussions about difficulties in the world and possible solutions to them. We’ve…
What does love look like?
“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.” – Saint Augustine Cultivating loving-kindness is…
Gratitude
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” Marcus Tullius Cicero I’m not sure how one can even begin to measure the value of gratitude in our lives. When we are grateful, we are not discontent, angry, envious, or worried. Such feelings cannot arise in the midst of gratitude….