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Thoughts- Week 3
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Thoughts- Week 3

"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character.” Lao Tzu

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AWE- Week 5
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AWE- Week 5

“I was struck by the fact that I hadn't been awed in a while... What it did mean was that I'd gotten too caught up in distractions and mind mucking to recognize anything as awe-inspiring." Sue Patton Thoele, PhD, psychologist, author 

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AWE- Week 4
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AWE- Week 4

"We teach children how to measure and how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe." 

Harold S. Kushner is Rabbi Laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, where he lived. His books include the huge bestseller When Bad Things Happen To Good People and When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough.

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AWE- Week 3
Mindfulness Cynthia O'connell Mindfulness Cynthia O'connell

AWE- Week 3

“Without awe life becomes routine…try to be surprised by something every day. Try to surprise at least one person every day.”

Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi 1934–2021

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Intention- Week 3
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Intention- Week 3

“You are what your deepest desire is. As your desire is, so is your intention. As your intention is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny.”

-Adapted from the Upanishads Ancient Sanskrit Text

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June- Week 3 - Problem Solving
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June- Week 3 - Problem Solving

“Just as nature takes away every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it, turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so too a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.”

Marcus Aurielius

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June- Week 2 - Problem Solving
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June- Week 2 - Problem Solving

“Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in public and private life, have been the consequences of action without thought.”

— Bernard Baruch. American financier and statesman.

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June- Week 1- Problem Solving
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June- Week 1- Problem Solving

“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.”
 Hilary Mantel, British author

 

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May Metta: Loving-kindness   Week 3
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May Metta: Loving-kindness   Week 3

"When you are able to sense [the inner spaciousness] directly within yourself, it deepens. So when you appreciate something simple - a sound, a sight, a touch - when you see beauty, when you feel loving kindness toward another, sense the inner spaciousness that is the source and background to that experience".

Eckhart Tolle

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