If important enough for us to be aware, that which we deny, distract, or avoid to ‘see’ will eventually get our attention and wake us up.
Mindfully Me, ‘Curiosity’
by meditative - January 17th, 2017The world we live in is one big ADVENTURE! It is always available for us to explore and to examine… and where there is interest… there is inquiry. Curiosity is our natural inclination to keep awareness wide open & “fresh” for discovering and for learning new things. It moves & motivates us even in difficult […]
‘Happiness’
by meditative - January 16th, 2017Happiness is a way of being. It means figuring out ways in which we can be happy despite what we might experience on occasion. Happiness has much to do with the big “A” word- ATTITUDE- even in the face of mildly to moderately negative events that may routinely occur in our day-to-day lives. How we […]
A•HA… ‘Art of Noticing’
by meditative - January 13th, 2017The ‘art of noticing’… as we intentionally continue to practice paying attention… remembering what’s directly happening in our moment by moment awareness, we begin to sense, feel & witness more detail, texture & freshness in our lives. With this open awareness & free attention, we tend to respond more and react less to ‘events’ as […]
Freely Observing What Is…
by meditative - January 12th, 2017Being aware of ourselves… how we are… and as we are… can be a truly liberating experience. Awareness can help us become free of our continuously thinking & habitual mind simply by how we pay attention to it. Here & now, as the conscious observer, we all have the inner capacity to bear witness within the […]
‘Anxiety Buster’…
by meditative - January 7th, 2017Curiosity… Courage… and Self-Control Research has found that curiosity and social anxiety are incompatible. Curiosity opens our attention while anxiety narrows it. Anxiety sufferers have found that increasing curiosity at the right time can help to manage and regulate its constrictive & spiraling nature. It’s taking notice with the intent of seeing & knowing what […]
Mindfully Me, ‘Generosity’
by meditative - January 3rd, 2017To give is an act of kindness. It is something we should work on doing all year long… and something we should actively encourage in one another- the values of giving, helping, and sharing. Acts of generosity tend to be contagious especially in families, organizations, and communities that openly talk with one another about them. […]