Saturday, January 30, 2016

MPDR Archives Blog Post #510 - Jan 30, 2016

Pause for 3 mindful breaths

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"If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh”
 
Wishing you a mindful day
Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

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MPDR Archives Blog Post #509 - Jan 29, 2016

Pause to appreciate 3 mindful breaths

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"In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich." 
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Wishing you moments of feeling blessed this evening
Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

MPDR Archives Blog Post #508 - Jan 28, 2016

Bring curious attention to the sensations of your next 3 breaths

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“Self-care is never a selfish act - it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.” 
 
― 
Parker J. Palmer

Wishing you opportunities to pause, check in, and be self-caring as you go through the day
Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

MPDR Archives Blog Post #507 - Jan 27, 2016


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“The next time you lose heart and you can’t bear to experience what you’re feeling, you might recall this instruction: change the way you see it and lean in. Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and awake to our experience, not rejecting it, not grasping it, not buying the stories that we relentlessly tell ourselves. This is priceless advice that addresses the true cause of suffering—yours, mine, and that of all living beings.” 
― Pema Chödrön

Wishing you a peaceful day
Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

MPDR Archives Blog Post #506 - Jan 26, 2016


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Tasting Mindfulness – poem by Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Have you ever had the experience of stopping so completely,
of being in your body so completely,
of being in your life so completely,
that what you knew and what you didn’t know,
that what had been and what was yet to come,
and the way things are right now
no longer held even the slightest hint of anxiety or discord?
It would be a moment of complete presence, beyond striving, beyond mere
acceptance,
beyond the desire to escape or fix anything or plunge ahead,
a moment of pure being, no longer in time,
a moment of pure seeing, pure feeling,
a moment in which life simply is,
and that “is-ness” grabs you by all your senses,
all your memories, by your very genes,
by your loves, and
welcomes you home.”

 
Wishing you moments of tasting mindfulness today
Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

Monday, January 25, 2016

MPDR Archives Blog Post #505 - Jan 25, 2016


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“Equanimity is being able to hold all elements of your experience with wholeness, coherence, and harmony. It is a practice of finding freedom, no matter what life brings you.”
-Elana Miller


Wishing you some moments of equanimity today
Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

Sunday, January 24, 2016

MPDR Archives Blog Post #504 - Jan 24, 2016


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"Compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another."
-Thomas Merton


Wishing you moments of compassion throughout the day
Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

Saturday, January 23, 2016

MPDR Archives Blog Post #503 - Jan 23, 2016

Enjoy the blessing of your next 3 breaths
by attending to the bodily sensations
of breathing in and out

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“Communicating with others can offer one of the greatest opportunities to practice mindfulness.  

Our daily communication with family, friends and work colleagues is filled with abundant possibilities to stay present to how we feel and act – moment to moment.

Practicing mindful communication necessitates that we slow down and allow ourselves to really look at the choices we  make with others.” 
 -Louise Altman
Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

Friday, January 22, 2016

Thursday, January 21, 2016

MPDR Archives Blog Post #501 - Jan 21, 2016

Enjoy 3 mindful breaths

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'”The path to real change is long. It isn't hard, but it requires patience.
A person has to take a deep breath and go a step at a time, taking small steps and not giving up...”
- Rabbi Yoni son Aber


Wishing you patience
Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

MPDR Archives Blog Post #500 - Jan 20, 2016

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"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
~ Mother Teresa

Wishing you moments of kindness
 
Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

MPDR Archives Blog Post #499 - Jan 19, 2016

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“Let us not look back in anger
 or forward in fear,
 but around in awareness.”
 - James Thurber


Wishing you many moments of mindful awareness today
Lee
M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/