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January 1st
Challenge of a New Year.....
Each
year is a new beginning - a new opportunity for change and improvement in our
lives.
We can reflect on past mistakes ..... but not
dwell on them too deeply in a self - punishing way .......
rather make use of them in a resolve to do things differently and move
forward positively in the new year.
January 2nd
Knowing ourselves ...
There
is a saying
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“Knowing others
is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment”
This may be difficult to understand - but the
gist of it is that to
know ourselves is perhaps the most important piece of knowledge.
With each group and each session we can get to
know ourselves better . January 3rd
Space to learn.....
Do you allow
yourself space to learn and listen rather than have your mind full of opinions ?
A ‘know all’ came to learn about meditation, but
it was obvious from his attitude that he was more interested in impressing
others with his knowledge than in listening to what was said.
The teacher offered him tea and poured his
visitor’s cup full and then kept on pouring .
‘Know all’ watched the cup overflowing until he
could no longer keep quiet .. “The cup is over-full! no more will go in” he
said.
The teacher replied - “like this cup, you are so
full of your own opinions - how can you learn?”
January
4th
A willing mind ....
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
Often we feel defeated in life - things have not
gone our way and we seem to always meet brick walls or people who put us down -
but we need to keep faith in ourselves and not lose confidence.
If we can keep a positive attitude we will find
that we can succeed.
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