Monday, October 17, 2011

Mindfulness

I practice mindfulness everywhere especially when I'm in Tacoma. Being aware of your surroundings can prevent people from trying to steal from you, like say a pickpocket. Or when your walking in a rural setting and a car swerves in your path on the road, mindfulness will allow you to to dash off to the side in a ditch to avoid a reckless or unaware driver. Through D.A.R.E. this organization wants the new generation to be mindful of what drugs and alcohol do to the body. Or when you take a driving test and the instructor is teaching you to always be mindful of other drivers on the road. But of course through social networking there are those people who encourage other to come to a party. Maybe even youtube videos of people peeling out of stop signs in their new mustang GT. Whatever the case, I guess it depends on how you were brought it up and the people you surround yourself with. But that doesn't mean you can't change who you are, there is still time for everyone.

1 comment:

  1. Good post--I am interested in your last statement about changing who we are--do you mean that through being mindful we can change? I took mindfulness in Herwig's article to have more to do with a kind of meditative state of mind--certainly being aware of one's surroundings is part of it too--but I think if I don't have the time to reflect, I can't change, because I won't know what needs to change in order to be more fulfilled....

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