Wednesday, June 10, 2015

MPDR Archives Blog Post #280 - June 10, 2015

Pause
Take a moment to step out of the auto pilot “doing mode” 
into simply being here and now 
by bringing awareness to the sensations of 
your next three breaths

 
image by M. Lee Freedman

“We’ve all heard the saying that in life there are ups and down and there is the classic eastern saying that life is filled with 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows. With this there’s the wisdom that all things come and go, but the brain has a funny way of amplifying the sorrows and minimizing the joys for good evolutionary reasons. Whenever the brain perceived something as “bad” it starts to worry about it. But often times there is no real utility to the worry, it only serves to dig us into a deeper hole and blinds us to the joys that might be waiting around the corner.”
-Elisha Goldstein
(excerpt from post 5 Steps to Worrying Less  To read the full post please click on the following link:http://www.mindful.org/mindful-voices/on-mental-health/5-steps-to-worrying-less#.VXeb5ufAndg.twitter
  
Have a mindful day

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

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