Today felt like a really heavy Monday, and I don’t even work. So here’s some dessert.

Re-reading: PRACTICING THE POWER OF NOW.

"Ask yourself: Is there joy, ease and lightness in what I am doing? If there isn't, then time is covering up the present moment, and life is
perceived as a burden or a struggle."

#PresentMomentMonday #Now
#awareness #mindfulness
#EckhartTolle

Happy Sunday. We saw some lovely things last week, but I'm always drawn to the #calmness of watching the #waves.

I could sit and watch the tide come in for hours.

#Kernow
#holidaymemories
#mindfulness
#noticing

Mom and Dad Peacock are on their way to a well-deserved cruise around the Caribbean tonight, and although they had some airline hiccups getting there, it all worked out in the end. So while I'm thinking of it: THREE GOOD THINGS!

They made it to the ship, and they're excited as little kids.

Had a great Chest Day Is The Best Day!

Paneer pakoras? Don't mind if I do.

Remember to breathe, clear your head, and take a moment to be #thankful.

Fasted - Lungs stil only 80% but just a d 3 coughing fits 2day so happy enuf wif that #Running #runner #runs #runnersofmastodon #Health #fitness #Sport #saturday #Weekend #march #Spring #Music #athlete #mentalhealth #mindfulness #Coughing #lungs #retirement

Join monastics from Blue Cliff and Deer Park Monasteries for a historic event as New York City officially co-names West 109th Street between Riverside and Broadway as “Thích Nhất Hạnh Way.”

Friday, April 11
11:30am

Intersection of W 109th & Broadway

"You can walk mindfully on the busiest street" - Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk

I saw this quote about being yourself, uncompromosing, like a tree. Because would you criticise a tree for it producing the wrong fruit?

I appreciate these flowers for all its small details. I don't question it. Just take it as it is.

Maybe we can do that with each other more. With ourselves too.

Figured people are asking for expressions of human creativity on here, i’d share some of my #Art #drawing while migrating this content from the Death Star (Vol 2)

#human
#made
#creativity
#embodiment
#mindfulness
#visualarts
#habit

Figured people are asking for expressions of human creativity on here, i’d share some of my #Art #drawing while migrating this content from the Death Star (Vol 1)

#human
#made
#creativity
#embodiment
#mindfulness
#visualarts
#habit

#SilentSunday

Crum Creek, PA

I had a full weekend of activities, but winding down with fly fishing brings a peaceful Sunday. When my mind is calm and clear, there are no lost flies, no tangled line, and no snags on trees

A lot of what people are calling #FOMO is actually something else.

When you go to bed and within 5 seconds of not falling asleep you grab your phone for some light entertainment, thats not fear of missing out!

Its FOT - fear of thinking.

You fear that thinking will make you feel sad about the world and your part in it.

#mindfulness doesn't teach you to stop thinking. It teaches you to stop fearing your thoughts, to stop judging your emotions and to turn your negative feelings into positive actions.
Empowerment is the only antidot for powerlessness.

Miss out on the distractions and concentrate on solutions.

Happy #WorldWaterDay

"Be Water, my friend.
Empty your mind.
Be formless, shapeless, like water.
You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup.
You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle.
You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Now water can flow, or it can crash.
Be water, my friend."

- Bruce Lee

Taking a moment to re-center, standing outside on a lovely day, looking at flowers and blue sky.

Now is all we really have.

We deserve every moment of peace and calm. We give way too much attention to both the past and the future.

This doesn't absolve us from doing the work to make things better, or to ignore the very real problems.

But anticipation never made the bad stuff any less.

Understand, prepare, and prevent, but live now. Today. For and with the people around you.

https://youtu.be/nHxmmJ78Uxk?feature=shared

Have you wanted to start a writing practice, but don’t know where to begin? Or perhaps you write regularly, but want to feel freer and more joyful in your work?

My upcoming 8-month class offers a Zen approach to writing as practice.

#writing #zen #mindfulness

https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/news-classes

Today's "I'm laid off and bored" project.

Figured a torii gate for my desk would be really nice. So why spend $10 and buy one when I could 1) Pinch the skin between my thumb and finger between a hammer and chisel. 2) Make a mess everywhere. 3) Aggravate my lower back pain by bending over chiseling. 4) Realize how much of a pain in the ass cutting a mortice in a round dowel is.

Thankfully wood filler exists.

#sitTogether #mindfulness #meditation I ate without looking at my phone. I'm happy that I became aware of how often I do those two things in tandem. I took in the smells, colors, shapes and temperatures of the meal. It was slow and more fulfilling that way.

Happy Saturday y'all.

#hellebores
#bloomscrolling
#spring2025
#flowers
#mindfulness
#noticing
#Cymru
#Wales

Next Thursday, 20 March, is Bodhisattva Day

Join in this 11th annual demonstration for compassion and empathy. Also, Mr. Rogers rocks.

http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2014/02/20-march-is-bodhisattva-day_20.html

#bodhisattva, #BodhisattvaDay, #compassion, #empathy, #hermitpractice, #mindfulness, #MrRogers, #the70scalled