Category Archives: Living Fully
Path of Least Resistance
Cheerful Monk. Creative Commons license After talking about Thoreau and Walden a few weeks ago I decided to see what options are available today for people who aren’t content just to follow society’s expectations. Not surprisingly there are gazillions … Continue reading
Posted in Living Fully, Taking Risks
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Flow
Cheerfulmonk. Creative Commons license [Flow is] being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. … Your whole being is involved, and you’re using your skills to the utmost. —Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Living Fully
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Meditation
Cheerfulmonk. Creative Commons license. What do you think of when you hear the word meditation? It has all sorts of associations for me: Qigon, Tai Chi, various sitting meditations, relaxation tapes and guided imagery, Herbert Benson’s relaxation response, Jon … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Living Fully
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Crazy Weather
We got some snow Tuesday! By Wednesday it had already melted down here, but not up in the mountains: Apparently it also snowed in Albuquerque — very unusual because the last snow there is usually about March … Continue reading
Posted in Life As a Shared Adventure, Living Fully
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Age
Age is no better … qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost. One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living. —Henry David … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Living Fully
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Success at Last?
The secret of happiness is to ask yourself every day: (1) What’s good about my life? (2) What needs to be done? (3) How can I get this done and enjoy the process? Those three questions, especially the last one, … Continue reading
Posted in Living Fully
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Nurturing
To be happy we need something to do, something to love and something to look forward to. —Anonymous That’s probably why so many gardeners are happy. In addition to planning his replacement fruit trees Andy is starting two new redwood … Continue reading
Posted in Living Fully, Love and Compassion
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Walden
Recently at Transforming Stress we talked about the coming proliferation of drones, and it reminded me of the Thoreau quote, “Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!” A … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Living Fully
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Too Complicated?
I’ve been playing with a lot of drawing/painting/photo apps on my iPad. My favorite is Art Studio because it lets me do a lot of the things that I can do in Photoshop, and it lets me export my work … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Living Fully
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Yay Eccentrics!
I’ve been seeing a lot of articles lately about healthy lifestyles. They usually mention the importance of having a lot of social interactions. In fact, that works for some people but not for everyone. The emphasis on being social no … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Living Fully
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