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    Thursday
    Dec102009

    Mindfulness Quote

    Submitted by Irene Javors, LMHC

    "There are many ways to discuss ego, but in essence... ... it is the experience of never being present. There is a deep seated tendency, it's almost a compulsion, to distract ourselves, even when we're not feeling uncomfortable. Everybody feels a little bit of an itch all the time. There's a background hum of edginess, boredom, restlessness."

    From Taking The Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears by Pema Chodron, Shambhala Press. 2009, p.17.

    How well I know these feelings! I am in the middle of something and then my monkey mind takes me somewhere else, making shopping lists or going over all the things I haven't done or I just zone out.  Remembering that where you are is exactly where you need to be - such an easy thought, so difficult to live.