Mindful Minute on Substack
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Mindful Minute on Substack
In fact, you could think of the three as a tripod upon which life is balanced. One needs all three to have any sustainable success or happiness.
“First, train in the preliminaries” encourages us to make time in our lives to shape our mind intentionally, rather than staying in this rut. Taking some time every day, even as little as five minutes, for some contemplation will help us to use our mind to its best capacity and to develop clarity and perspective about our lives.
Let’s zoom way out. Before you join that gym, enroll in those classes, buy that TV, or even set goals, it helps to have some basic big-picture awareness that guides your actions. You need to take the time to articulate your vision for what it means to live a meaningful life based on your felt experience. If you don’t orient yourself this way, you c
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