“Patience is a virtue,” said every grandmother ever. Aristotle offered the tasty, “patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” Gandhi used a more militant metaphor when he warned, “to lose patience is to lose the battle.” Julius Caesar, like Aristotle, highlighted the difficulty of maintaining patience with, “it is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.”
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I encourage you to ask yourself these two questions before venturing to your polling booth this Tuesday: (1) is there a candidate (among the purposefully limited options offered) who values the welfare of their constituents more than the other candidates? (If so, I encourage you to “X” accordingly); and (2) What’s for dinner?
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We begin life swimming in a warm, wet womb – the archetype of safe havens. Just as our developing brains begin to appreciate the comfort and safety of our surroundings, Mom, in what must seem to us an inexplicably malevolent fit, forcibly ejects us from our sanctuary into a cold, bright, scary world. For the rest of our lives we struggle to recapture the feeling of safety so violently torn from us at birth.
Perception follows experience; they are neither equivalent nor simultaneous. The time between experience and perception might be less than a hummingbird’s wing flap. Yet, without that period of reflection, no perception, and therefore no consciousness, is possible.
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Blooming, late or otherwise, requires a certain degree of mindfulness. Most people understand mindfulness to mean paying attention to the present moment. But what does that really mean? Moments have no duration. As soon as you target one with your attention it’s already gone.
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Once upon a time, there was … me. Each of us creates an identity – a “self” – by mentally composing a life story based on memories, perceptions, and an imagined future. Sadly, our memories are incomplete and inaccurate, our perceptions are filtered through sensory limitations and caustic social conditioning, and our imagination is, by definition, unreal.
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Fortunately for Late Bloomers, the practice of meditation has been sufficiently separated from its spiritual and religious origins to have become one of the most valuable and accessible wellness tools. Let’s investigate.
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No doubt the year 2020 will occupy many chapters in future history texts, boring students with stories of hardship, suffering, and upheaval. Is there a way to find contentment and joy amidst this mayhem?
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