Awakening in Time

The boundary helps us make appropriate distinctions between Me and Not Me, and so helps us remember who we are.

view the discrepancy between our expectations and what is happening as just an observation—

A healthy membrane supports the cell’s own health and, ultimately, that of the entire organism.

use CDR—Catch, Distribute, Review—to keep your attention

With the close-down, our options multiply. We don’t have to push through—

We need a balance of awareness and action

We’ve all experienced meetings where nothing happens until the last ten minutes, when the end looms and people get down to business.

This is what I call satisfaction practice. We focus on what we have, rather than what we lack, what we’ve done rather than what we need to do. We give our accomplishments weight, even if they seem puny at first, for, like a snowball rolling downhill, our accomplishments gather bulk and momentum as we focus on them.

those little tasks that do fit never end! Changing this pattern helps us get to the heart of things and do what’s important.