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Daily Question, February 20

What habits of mind need to shift in order for me to see more roses and fewer thorns?

  • Doreen Nixon

    The practice of mindfulness and being in the moment fully will shift the mind into acceptance of what is. No time for judgements living there! ????

    • travis

      how you do that ? )) i mean regularly ? i’m journaling and yes i’m more happy and kind in the moments,but i’ve felt real grtitude only twice and i want to get it agaib ..it exists i know but want to be happy all the time..so hard and simple at the same time )

      • sparrow

        Hello Travis…
        I journaled all my life
        but only found real gratitude
        when I began specifically journaling gratefulness.
        It taught me to be grateful by reminding me of my gifts.
        I don’t think we can be happy all of the time
        and it is not my goal anymore . . .
        being at peace with what is
        is.

      • Doreen Nixon

        In the practice of mindfulness when you are in the moment, the future and the past cannot exist. ...only the ever present Now exists. If I find myself thinking of the past or the future, I shift my thinking back to my breath and that brings me back to the present moment...the eternal Now. That is where peace resides. Going with the flow in life and releasing resistance to what is will bring joy. Happiness is fleeting and depends on outside influences where as joy is internal and comes from the h...

        In the practice of mindfulness when you are in the moment, the future and the past cannot exist. …only the ever present Now exists. If I find myself thinking of the past or the future, I shift my thinking back to my breath and that brings me back to the present moment…the eternal Now. That is where peace resides. Going with the flow in life and releasing resistance to what is will bring joy. Happiness is fleeting and depends on outside influences where as joy is internal and comes from the heart and mind in balance. Google mindfulness. ..it truly has helped me to deal with a lot of stuff in my life. It works. Wishing you peace of mind and much love and light, my friend! ????

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  • Kevin

    Ah, but the presence of thorns makes the roses more beautiful, do they not? I don’t try to eliminate or not see thorns, I just make it my mission to know where they are to avoid getting pricked so that I can get closer to the roses themselves. By then I have earned the right to take in the fragrance.

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