Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Today, the last day of our challenge, we are asked to choose our own mindfulness adventure. I thought it would be helpful to list the topics for the past three weeks along with the inspiring quotes we were given daily. It has been a privilege and a gift to me to walk with you on our journey for the past 21 days. This thread will remain open. You can also access any of the readings any time, no matter when you joined the challenge. I"m very grateful for these moments we've shared together. Namaste.

Day 1 - Mindful Meal
Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body of the world into our bodies and minds. -- Michael Pollan

Day 2 - Practice being here now
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. -- Thich Nhat Hanh

Day 3 - Tune into transitions
When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come. -- Leonardo Da Vinci

Day 4 - Change up your routine
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. - Henry David Thoreau

Day 5 - Spend time with an elder.
Human life is a continuous thread which each of us spins to his own pattern, rich and complex in meaning. -- Edgar Z. Friedenberg

Day 6 - Pay attention to passive moments
Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities. -- Saul Bellow

Day 7 - Find magic in the mundane
Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous. -- Bill Moyers

Day 8 - Engage in mindful conversation
The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present. -- Rasheed Ogunlaru

Day 9 - Practice mindful emailing
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. -- Rollo May

Day 10 - Do something kind for someone
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. -- Lao Tzu

Day 11 - Make time to practice silence
Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen! -- Rumi

Day 12 - Reflect on your intentions
Choose your intention carefully and then practice holding your consciousness to it, so it becomes the guiding light in your life. -- John Roger

Day 13 - Take a mindful walk
The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth. -- Thich Nhat Hanh

Day 14 - Practice forgiveness
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. -- Paul Boese

Day 15 - Practice digital mindfulness
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. -- Michel de Montaigne

Day 16 - Tune into nature
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. -- Albert Einstein

Day 17 - Make a mindful phone call
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. -- Rachel Naomi Remen

Day 18 - Practice empathy with all beings
Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance. -- Daniel Goleman

Day 19 - Pay attention to your "off" moments
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. -- Eckhart Tolle

Day 20 - Practice mindful decision-making
Every decision you make is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision about who you are. -- Neal Donald Walsch

Day 21 - Choose your own mindfulness adventure
Mindfulness can be summed up in two words: pay attention. Once you notice what you're doing, you have the power to change it. -- Michelle Burford

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