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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Victor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor. He was the founder of logotherapy, a...
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I have just taken up Pickleball with fun and frustration. I hit the ball into the net. This just isn’t about a shot that was intended to go over the net but didn’t. It means a whole lot more than just that. There is this belief that not only is the shot...
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Ram Dass, Mirabai Bush – in Walking Each Other Home This person has a body and a mind, just like me. This person has feelings, emotions, and thoughts, just like me. This person has experienced physical and emotional pain and suffering, just like me. This person...
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Acceptance is not what you might think. A lot has been said about mindfulness being nonjudgmental. This does not mean we don’t have feelings about things that might be unpleasant. It just means that we should spend a moment accepting what is right in front of us...
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Am I a Buddhist? Or is Buddhism just one belief system that influences my world view? At one point I would have called myself a Buddhist. But I began to appreciate that my perspective on life has been impacted by many systems. Somatic therapy by Peter Levine, Carl...
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Happy and not yet happySad and not yet sadSick and not yet sickDead and not yet dead Do you know what is going to happen in the next moment? If you do, let us buy a lottery ticket together! We live our life hoping and expecting that only good things will happen....