What a difference a week makes.
As a mom-of-three, daughter and sister, I am, like the rest of the world, wondering what this means for my family, my community and the world as I know it. Continue reading
Tag: Thoughts
Our thoughts are everything. As Shakespeare once said, “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” Neuroscientist Sam Harris mentioned in his Waking Up app that thoughts are embedded in everything. In the construction of our walls, the recipes on our tables, the engines in our cars, the fashion on our bodies, the programs in our classrooms. Someone thought it up and took action to make it happen. Continue reading
Author Ben Hardy wrote in Medium that, “In 2005, the National Science Foundation published an article showing that the average person has between 12,000 and 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those, 80% are negative and 95% are exactly the same repetitive thoughts as the day before.” Continue reading
I don’t meditate regularly although I do try to take a few deep breaths when it crosses my mind. I thought meditation was a special practice that I didn’t really know how to do. But yesterday my yoga teacher defined meditation in a way that made me want to do more of it. Continue reading