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Good Intentions

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Where is your road leading?

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. ~Proverb

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You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge.~Eckhart Tolle

Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.~Oscar Wilde

Because he has given up helping,he is people’s greatest help. ~Laozi

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. ~C.S. Lewis

What is Mindfulness?

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β€œMindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).”

How many times do we think – Mindfulness – yeah, it’s that zen practice thingy that those new age geeks do… ? You’re thinking that, right?

Wrong

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The Hare’s side of the story

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π‘¨π’„π’•π’–π’‚π’π’π’š, π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’π’π’† π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’π’–π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’π’“π’π’… 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’Œπ’†π’‘π’• π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’†π’™π’‚π’Žπ’‘π’π’† 𝒐𝒇 π‘»π’π’“π’•π’π’Šπ’”π’†β€¦π‘Ίπ’‚π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’”π’π’π’˜ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’”π’•π’†π’‚π’…π’š π’˜π’Šπ’π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’†π’Žπ’‘π’‰π’‚π’”π’Šπ’›π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 π’‘π’†π’“π’”π’Šπ’”π’•π’†π’π’„π’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’…π’†π’…π’Šπ’„π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’.

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