“Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.” José Ortega y Gasset What we’re attending to in any given moment quite literally becomes our reality in that moment. We can only consciously experience that which we are attending to. However, we can be attending to things, people and…
“By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.” Aung San Suu Kyi Today’s inspiration has wisdom on multiple levels. On one level, our direct interactions with others inform us about ourselves. Everything that we know about ourselves, and the qualities we perceive about ourselves, can only arise in dependence upon our environment, relationships,…
“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…
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James In our busy lives we often forget that the real source of our stress is not the things on our to do list. It is how we think about and relate to the things we have to do, as…
“Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference. It does.” William James We will never truly know how much impact our thoughts and actions have on ourselves and others. Even the most subtle interactions with others leave an imprint on ourselves and them. A slight smile may release stress and worry…
“Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.” – Seneca Expectations, as we all know, play a huge role in our lives. We have all experienced disappointment and even despair as a result of expectations. Disappointment can arise when expectations are unmet and despair can overtake us as we expect…
“We confuse attachment with love. Attachment is concerned with my needs, my happiness, while love is an unselfish attitude, concerned with the needs and happiness of others.” – Kathleen McDonald When we love someone, we want the best for them. We want them to be truly happy and flourish in life. As simple and straightforward…
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Today’s quote reminds us of something we may be aware of, that we actually become the person we choose to be. Of course this does not mean that we become a movie star, famous singer or a…
On March 24th, I had the pleasure to join Amy Hadden Marsh on her show, Valley Voices, to discuss mindfulness. Valley Voices is one of KDNK’s longest running public affairs shows. Tune in the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 4:30 pm for conversations about local, regional, national – and sometimes international –…
“The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.” – Thomas Merton One of the major causes of…
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