Urban Mindfulness - Finding Peace in the Middle of It All » Values http://urbanmindfulness.org Urban Mindfulness provides resources for practice of mindfulness and meditation, specifically relevant to the experiences, opportunities, and challenges associated with city living Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How much is your family worth? http://urbanmindfulness.org/2008/10/how-much-is-your-family-worth/ http://urbanmindfulness.org/2008/10/how-much-is-your-family-worth/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:27:43 +0000 admin http://urbanmindfulness.org/?p=121 By Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D.

Two days ago, the actress and singer Jennifer Hudson offered a $100,000 reward for the safe return of her 7-year-old nephew who was abducted. Tragically, the young boy was discovered dead soon afterwards.

In offering this reward, Ms. Hudson clearly expressed a core value of loving her family more than money. For most of us who worry about losing money, savings, and investments during the current financial crisis, we have still have our family. It’s time to notice mindfully who–not what–we have and how much we treasure them. After all, how much is your family worth?

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