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Quick reminders about Balance, Growth, and the Everyday Divinity within ourselves. More or less. With your pal Happy Lord Geoffrey. HaHaHappy.org
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When life gets fast and you get stressed,
Remember to take a moment to rest,
Take a deep breath, and a good look around,
Mindfulness is often where peace can be found.
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Ep. 444 - Sitting Wisdom
We begin as always
with the Happy Creed.
We believe in Happy,
in Balance and Growth,
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.
Yowza
Haha
My Happy Friends!
I sat on a bench in town one day
And could see the shop across the way,
The sign on the door said “Push” but it had a pull handle too,
So when people walked up to it they pulled because that’s what people do.
From where I sat, I could see the folly of their ways,
For I had a kind of Sitting Wisdom with a calm and steady gaze,
If I were the one in a rush, I might’ve pulled on the handle as well,
But thanks to my sitting there, the difference I could easily tell.
So, when life gets a bit fast and you start to feel stressed,
There’s nothing quite like taking a brief moment to rest,
So, take a deep breath, and a good look around,
For mindfulness is often where peace can be found.
And if that doesn’t work, then you can watch people run to and fro,
And giggle to yourself for they know not where they go,
They pull when they should push, and cry when they could laugh,
The world is far more manageable when you slow it down by half.
Haha
Yowza
2 days ago
This is solid wisdom. It reminds me of something military instructors always tell you if you’re stressed. The common military saying is “take a knee and drink water.” That signifies ‘don’t panic - get your bearings, all is not lost, but just take a breath and reset. Example: Land navigation courses, I would find myself in a position where I felt like I was lost and no hope to pass the test. I would always do what every sergeant says take a knee and drink water. Your brain needs to slow down sometimes or reset, and in every case, I found my way, and it was the stress and panic that had clouded my thinking. They were saying the same thing you said/wrote. Can’t tell you how many times this is helped. Great message!