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The 3 Levels of Everyday Mindfulness
Mindfulness is easier to work with than you think.
Do you find yourself watching or reading the news and thinking — what happened? When did people become so utterly disconnected and mindless?
Logic, reason, and compassion are all-too-often being trampled by opinion, emotion, cruelty, and/or indifference. It can be disheartening and upsetting when you look at it too much.
We live in extremely uncertain times. Even the things that tend to make sense regularly aren’t making much sense right now.
I, however, remain an optimist. Despite all the insanity and ugliness, I still think that people are largely good. Unfortunately, they are currently far more encouraged to be selfish, arrogant, entitled, and mean by certain so-called leaders.
One of the hardest things to reconcile is that you and I can do nothing for anyone else. I can’t make “those people” think for themselves, apply logic, and see things from a broader perspective than they currently possess. That’s extremely frustrating — especially when I strive to help people be more mindful of the world we share.
Thus, I must step back and shift my effort away from changing the outside picture. Because when all is said and done I can’t. I have zero control over what anyone else…
