My Favorites May 2015: Great Stuff I’ve Found Recently

My monthly      “My Favorites”    routine includes posting links to great content I ran across, to encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting for helping you to live a meaningful life.  Enjoy!

Who You Really Are – Alan Watts 

YES, LIFE IS RISKY-DIVE IN ANYWAY

Life comes at us in waves. Sometimes the surge ripples gently by. Other times it can pound the daylights out of us and leave us gasping for breath. How do we respond when that happens?    Read  here

My Pursuit of the Art of Living

For many years I simply lived, and got by.

But in the last few years, after learning a bit about habits and mindfulness and simplicity and love, I have changed my approach to living.

Now I see living as an art form, to be studied and played with and practiced and mastered. Of course, few ever master the art of living, and I don’t know if I ever will. Probably not.

But I can pursue this art. I can appreciate it when others do it well. I can learn about it, through experiments and observation and introspection.

My pursuit of the art of living is only just beginning, but I thought I’d share a bit about this pursuit with you, my good friends.

Leo Babauta, continue reading

Performance-Based Goals vs. Getting Better Goals

It’s time for more straight talk today on goal setting. So let me ask you this: What IS your quota this year? How about your revenue goal? I’ll bet it hasn’t gone down. Interesting approach. Read it here

Fascinating! – Leonard Nimoy Reveals the Meaning of the Vulcan Hand Gesture

With Leonard Nimoy’s passing, many fitting tributes are showing up in various places to honor “Mr. Spock.” Many of the pictures of him show his hand raised in the “Vulcan greeting.”

But, few people know the origin of that now internationally famous hand gesture.  In fact, many people would be shocked to learn the truth. Watch here

 

Smile, breathe, and go slowly!

Dieter Langenecker
Dieter
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Practicing Slowness & Being Present

In our rush to get through the tasks of our day, to complete our errands and answer emails, to look at the next video or link we find … when do we think we’ll find happiness?

If it’s not here right now, when will it come?

Maybe we think it’ll come when we improve our lives, or meet our goals, or succeed at our business, or finish our college degree. Maybe it’ll come when we go on that next trip, or when we find time to relax. Maybe tomorrow.

Or we could try this:

  • Slow down instead of rushing.
  • Pause to savor the current moment.
  • Really notice everything about the moment, and find small things to appreciate.
  • Be grateful for what there is right here, right now.
  • Allow the things that are bothering you to just be in your life, without fighting with them, without pushing them away.
  • Don’t allow little things to offend you. They’re not worth ruining this moment.

Let the beauty of this moment wash over you like a warm foamy wave.

These are all things we already know. But we don’t actually do them. The key here is practice.

If you don’t practice being present, slowing down, enjoying the moment right now, when will you practice? What are you practicing now instead?

Start your practice this moment. (Leo Babauta)

With kind regards,
 

   Dieter Langenecker

 

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‘When you live completely in each moment, without expecting anything, you have no idea of time.’ ~Shunryu Suzuki

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