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Motivation for a mindful Monday. http://www.cbsnews.com//mindfulness-anderson-cooper-60-mi/

From a Mindful Schools participant...What a smart kiddo :)

Do you want to open your mind to the realm of possibility? Dan Siegel explains how the brain recreates the past and how therapy and meditation can change the structure of the brain so that we can resonate, attune, transform, and create new experiences rather than recreating the old patterns, again and again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzI5vLBrX8A The mind/brain sure is awe-spiring.

"We should learn from the mistakes of others. We don't have the time to make them all ourselves." - Groucho Marx

Happy Monday. This week my goal is to be real in action and thought. What comes up when we are honest, vulnerable, authentic, imperfectly, perfect? When we let go of masking or constructing ourselves to appear a certain way? What if we accept ourselves enough to be really, real? What then?

Our natural tendency as humans is to avoid pain and seek pleasure. We go to great to lengths to protect ourselves (hide from bear) and feel good (kill and eat rabbit) - all necessary for survival in the wild. Yet not so helpful in creating the enduring happiness many modern homosapiens search for. Most of us are lucky enough to not have to fend for our survival on a daily basis. Which gifts us with time for creative exploration, and interpersonal, or spiritual evolution. R...egardless of where we are in our lives, clinging to pleasure and averting pain are unsustainable ways of being. Especially if happiness is the ultimate goal. Feeling good and feeling like shit are impermanent states, and our natural tendency to want to keep things feeling good ends up having a paradoxical effect. We chase something that is unsustainable and run from the inevitable. Happiness stems from allowing the experiences of pleasure and pain to arise and pass like clouds in the sky. Observing our tendency to cling and reject and bringing awareness to this very moment. See more

Pretty much. Thanks @dallasclayton

Just say no to perfectionism :)

http://greatist.com//what-I-learned-from-giving-up-alcohol

https://www.wellsanfrancisco.com/self-optimization-via-mod/

Mr Rogers knows about two timeless things: love and cardigans.