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In mindfulness, we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings with the attitude of an impartial witness without believing them or taking them personally.
Despite the fact that we have all experienced loss, the great majority of us experience a fear of death in one way or another. To make matters worse, since society encourages us to avoid talking about death, we have no way of bringing our feelings into the open or finding out if what we are feeling is “normal.”
Categorizing social behaviors as good or evil, kind or cruel, is a seemingly reasonable idea. When someone screams at us in traffic, the harmful intent requires little amplification signifying the one who screams is bad, and when someone helps a blind person across a busy street, there is little doubt about what has transpired signifying the person help is a good person. Yet the distinction is hardly this simple. For one thing, motives matter considerably. A person might scream at us quite justifiably for something we have done, or even to warn us of impending danger. A person may help someone in a genuinely emphatic way, passionately, nobly, but also perhaps be in a reluctant, inappropriately, or for purely self-presentational effects
Although many infer the shadow is ‘negative’, this is not really true. The Shadow is rather what you yourself perceive as dark and weak about yourself, and therefore needing to be hidden and denied. But this depends on your own perspective on life, and your levels of self-esteem
The word gratitude is derived from the Latin word gratia, which means grace, graciousness, or gratefulness (depending on the context). In some ways gratitude encompasses all of these meanings. Gratitude is a thankful appreciation for what an individual receives, whether tangible or intangible. With gratitude, people acknowledge the goodness in their lives. In the process, people usually recognize that the source of that goodness lies at least partially outside themselves. As a result, gratitude also helps people connect to something larger than themselves as individuals — whether to other people, nature, or a higher power.
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
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