Tag: Quick Read

soup

Now Serving Mind Soup!

“Mama always said, ‘Life is like a bowl of soup. A bunch of crap floating around and sometimes it tastes good, sometimes it don’t.”

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Hype Sign

Compassion Hype

What is compassion hype? Let’s first consider the concept of hype itself. Hype is intertwined with the perceived value of something and there is a heightened level of excitement connected to that perceived value.

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Alert

Alertness vs Awareness

Once upon a present time, in Mindfultopia, live princesses Awareness and Alertness. The two princesses get along quite nicely most of the time. They both love to throw parties and…

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Boxes

Boxed In

“Outside the box” thinking assumes there is a box to begin with. It is quite possible that there once was a box or will be a box in the future, but that doesn’t mean there is a box around us right now. Mindfulness provides the opportunity to be aware of what actually is. If there isn’t a box at all…

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Storm

The Storm is Coming

The sky begins to darken and you hear a distant rumble. The wind starts to pick up a bit and leaves blow past. Just as you feel a few drops on your face and look up at the clouds, a thunderous boom shakes you to the core.

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Dictionary - Dignity

A Better Word

…we also use “for lack of a better word” when we are unaware of how we feel or what we think about something or someone. The more fitting thing to say might be, “for lack of an awareness of what I truly think…” (Rolls right off the tongue, doesn’t it.)

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