“Notice any tendency to ‘be hard on yourself,’ or to feel frustrated or a failure. See this kind of judgment as just another kind of thinking, and gently return awareness to the breath.” Click “Participate” to read an article with hints on cultivating mindfulness from Jeffrey Brantley, MD at Duke Health | How to Bring More Mindfulness into Your Life
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[...] kind of judgment as just another kind of thinking, and gently return awareness to the breath.” ~ The MindfulistSearing pain as I look closely (too closely?) at all the ways I’m hard on myself. The prompt [...]
3. February 2010 at 10:50 pm
I tend to be hard on myself where my writing is concerned. Funny thing is, when I just relax about it, it’s so much better. It’s better because it’s raw, unfiltered, authentic writing. Sometimes (ok, always) it needs a little cleaning up, but who posts a first draft, anyway?
4. February 2010 at 5:35 am
Reminds me of this article on maitri. http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/pema/maitri1.php
It’s like the xkcd comic, where the girl only sees a choice between slacking off and working her ass off, and doesn’t see the option of putting effort into her real interests.
4. February 2010 at 6:04 am
Hey there,
I found this site through a link on Leo Baubata’s Zen Habits…so glad I did. I’m appreciating these prompts–especially today’s on dropping self-judgment. Very timely…a terrific reminder!
looking forward to more,
Marla | @MarlaBeck on Twitter
5. February 2010 at 2:34 am
I wish this post had gone noticed by me at about 7:00 AM this morning. I needed to be reminded to not focus on failures and disappointments and to be mindful of everything that is going on around me. The rain, the cold, the deadlines, the darkness of winter, to what is going on inside physically within my body. It all plays into my moods and irritations, which in turn will manifest itself in my writing and how I treat others. Thank you for the reminder that there is a much bigger picture than the deadline for the client and the “I have to”s.