Thanks!
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I guess I was thinking about the results we might be getting when we tune into mindfulness Rosa. I’m thinking we have a better chance to inspire our way into getting what we want as opposed to telling ourselves. In either case it certainly can be thought of as training.

Actually, I think the ideas that you’ve come up with are really good.
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Thanks too for the article on brain science and positive / negative thoughts. I’m getting more and more interested in writing and the brain – how the conscious choice to write something positive for example, consistently, over time, changes patterns in our brains and (as a consequence) changes the way we feel, act, and perceive the world.
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Where I suspect that discontent can help me is that I want to get to contentment, and not necessarily to patience: I want to keep the sense of urgency that impatience fires up.

And Jeff, wonderful to see you back here for something other than #fridayflash! I am thrilled to know that Talking Story may have more appeal for you.

What I am trying to dig deeper into discovering Ulla, is this part: “and then off I go.”

Mahalo [Gratitude] is a terrific add; thank you. It helps improve our attitude and as I’d shared with Dean earlier, I have learned there is also scientific evidence that it is smart strategy. As amazing as our brains are they only deal with one thought at a time – replacing a negative thought with a positive one knocks out the obstacle: Believe in your Biology!

And by the way Joanna, Ho‘omaika‘i ‘ana – Congratulations on making the Top 10 Blogs for Writers! Second year in a row for you as I understand it!

Good thoughts to be sure – “Begin with the End in Mind” as Covey coaches; have visionary thinking – however I’d make the argument that we are training our mind to behave when we direct its focus instead of having it randomly focus our attentions, don’t you think?

Your post makes me think a couple of things. First, quieting the mind is difficult, just as thinking of nothing is the most difficult thing to think. When I get frantic, I make lists (figuring that getting it out of my mind and onto paper helps quiet my crazy-brain) and I use a kitchen timer. I’ll set it for, say, one hour, and for that one hour I focus on doing one thing. Works for me.

Next, and last, is your comment about impatience. I’ve thought a lot about that, too. It seems to me the root of impatience is anguish over the fact that we’ve not already gotten something else done, or we’re not somewhere else. We’re angry that we’re stuck at this stoplight rather than moving along at the posted speed (or faster). Why is that? Is there something so much better that we suffer now because we’re not “there” yet? That’s what it feels like. Sometimes impatience will fall away when you realize that’s a fallacy. Here and now is better than if and when for the sole reason that we exist purely here, now. And yes, I know how silly this sounds from a fellow who writes historical fiction and spends a good part of my time imagining the “then and there.” Regardless of my credibility, I think it anyway.
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