"There are going to be people and families—there already are—who are in desperate, desperate straits. And it's easy to judge other people until we feel it and we actually are brave enough to look at them. So it's not macho to go out and buy guns right now. It's macho to help a food pantry. It's macho to help our fellow citizens. It's macho to take care of yourself. That is true strength." ~ Waylon Lewis Read Waylon's article 

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In this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon asks our Elephant Journal community to pick a page in his book “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.” A reader picked Chapter 10, and Waylon does an impromptu reading. “If you fill every moment of your day, your brain will burn out. If you allow gaps, your heart will flourish..” ~ Waylon Lewis, Chapter 10: “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.” Get Waylon's two books. They make great eco gifts and mindful, hopefully-life-changing reads.

233. Waylon reads Chapter 10 of “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.”

“This is the first generation where we actually know we’re destroying the future for all future generations.” ~ Waylon Lewis  Waylon talks about what, environmentally, he wishes he had understood more clearly 10 – 20 years ago. Plastic sucks: “Yet 95% of my own dear friends still waste single-use and fast-fashion plastic every single day.” Caring is difficult…because we risk feeling sad or even despondent…but when we lean into caring it leads to joy, love, empathy, activism, and positive change. Subscribe to get our full conversations weekly.

232. "95% of my own dear friends still waste single-use & fast fashion plastic every single day." ~ Waylon Lewis

Waylon asks our Elephant Journal community to pick a page in his book "It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life." A reader picked Chapter 18, and Waylon does an impromptu reading.  "Tonglen, the Buddhist meditation practice of 'sending and taking,' gives us a way to work with our (or others’) anger, suffering, stress, or heartbreak. Simple yet counter-intuitive, this meditation reverses the flow of ego, easing our silly crazy mopey neurosis and engendering compassion." ~ Waylon Lewis, Chapter 18: "It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life." Get Waylon's two books. They make great eco gifts and mindful, hopefully-life-changing reads.

231. Waylon reads Chapter 18 of “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.”

Waylon addresses comments Readers have made about Elephant’s coverage of the Israel-Palestine war crimes with three points. “I am not the voice of Elephant. I am the steward of Elephant and you can write on Elephant anytime. Why is that important? Because there are so many people who know so much more than me. Do we need to hear from me or from Elephant Journal about Palestine? No. The world is not crying for Elephant’s voice on Palestine. But we do need to hear from you, and we are a community here to platform you, with respectful dialogue.” ~ Waylon Lewis  Subscribe to get our full conversations weekly.

230. Three points on “Elephant’s coverage” of Israel-Palestine War Crimes.

In this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon asks questions of our Elephant Journal community.  "Hey friends, this is Waylon. I am the founder of Elephant. Normally I'll talk about something mindful, something in the world, something helpful that's of good value to you and your heart and in your daily life. But today I want to try something a little different. I want to touch in with you about Elephant." ~ Waylon Lewis  How long have you read Elephant? What's your favorite thing about Elephant? What would you like to see that you're not getting? Do you listen to Walk the Talk Show? Do you know that you can write on Elephant? Do you subscribe? Do you have the iPhone app? Subscribe to get our full conversations weekly.

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