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#Beginner’s Mind Tag

Day 329, Friday, November 29, 2024

Posted on November 28, 2024
in Being in Nature, Creativity, Nonverbal Activities
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Reflections Inspiration Today, think about a flower growing in your garden, or a bright orange and yellow and bronze leaf that is falling to the ground, or a painting in a museum. As you did yesterday with a favorite book, today consider this item you may have seen ten or a hundred times, but approach it with a beginner’s mind. What do you notice first? What makes you smile? When you are free, when you are listening and seeing with your heart, when you are not restricted, you enjoy looking or listening differently. Know the difference between analytical learning and aesthetic delight. The former is knowledge, the latter insight. Awe and wonder can lead you on a new path, but the trail will become visible if you allow yourself the freedom to walk....

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Day 324, Sunday, November 24, 2024

Posted on November 23, 2024
in Journaling, Travel
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Reflections Ordinary as extraordinary; Seeing something for the first time; Beginner's Mind Inspiration Everyone can and must experience awe and wonder. Why? Because awe heals, sensitizes you to the finer things in life, breaks your heart open, showers you with goodness. Begin by knowing something new about yourself every day. What is unique about what you think and what you say? What original things do you do? How differently do you process life from run-of-the-mill thinking? When you take responsibility for what you think, say, and do, new pathways open for you to tread upon. One characteristic of awe is encountering the unknown. It begins with little things – talking to strangers when you travel, getting to know a bit more about the people who come to clean your house, mow your lawn, serve...

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