Tag Archives: mindfulness

To Observe

Posted on January 18, 2023 by swabby429

What would you do if your best friend confessed to robbing a bank? Most of us would consider calling the police or at least try to determine if he was telling the truth. We often hear people ask questions about … Continue reading →

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Warnings And Disclaimers

Posted on July 25, 2022 by swabby429

Before doing any work with the laptop today, I noticed an email from Microsoft. It was a notification regarding changes in their terms of service. The document is basically a list of disclaimers written in legalese. To ignore them is … Continue reading →

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Pondering Joy

Posted on June 27, 2022 by swabby429

Scientific research and development has made it possible to assess and quantify human happiness in several ways. In addition to simply interviewing and observing people, clinicians can measure electrical activity in our brains. They are able to assertain whether we … Continue reading →

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Good Monday Morning!

Posted on June 6, 2022 by swabby429

I mowed the yard on Friday. I ran errands and completed a few household projects on Saturday. I took a walk and enjoyed an easy meditation yesterday. Orange has already had his cat nibbles and my coffee is ready for … Continue reading →

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Buddha-Bar

Posted on February 6, 2022 by swabby429

It was time for my routine Friday morning nap. I decided to do something different–put on some background music in place of silence. The DVD/CD changer already contained a few CDs that I’d been too lazy to put away into … Continue reading →

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New Beginnings

Posted on January 1, 2022 by swabby429

Here we go again! The beginning day of yet another orbit around our star. Thank goodness we made it through the last orbital cycle in reasonably good condition. At the purely mundane level, we begin another fiscal year, another business … Continue reading →

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Careless

Posted on September 14, 2021 by swabby429

The young man stepped off the curb just as the pickup truck entered the intersection. I honked the horn in my car, hoping to warn one or both about the dire circumstances that seemed imminent. The young man looked up … Continue reading →

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