The first instalment of our five-day look at mindfulness. The first tenet of mindfulness, non-judging, is perhaps the most fundamental and transformative aspect of the practice. It involves observing our thoughts, feelings, sensations, and experiences without calling them as good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable. This principle challenges our habitual tendency to …
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Over the next week we shall be looking at the five basic tenets of mindfulness, each day looking at a different aspect in more depth. The five basic tenets of mindfulness are foundational principles that guide the practice of being present and fully engaged in the moment. They are: Non-judging: Observing experiences without labeling them …
What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? Well, this is an easy one. My name is Richard Joseph Kirk. I was born Joseph Richard Mason during the early 1950’s in East Dereham, Norfolk, England. Like most people, I have a birth certificate to prove it. My birth mother died when I …
What is the last thing you learned? The last thing I learnt was how to let go, To watch the river, not fight its flow. The trees, they whispered, their leaves a song, Of endings, beginnings, where they belong. I held a stone, smooth from the tide, Its edges softened, its scars inside. It told …
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. Oh, the questions that plague my days, The queries that set my soul ablaze. Let me count the ways I despise, The things that make me roll my eyes. “Did you get a haircut?” No, I shed, Like a golden retriever on my bed. “Are …
Golden blooms open,morning drips in honeyed light,soft winds sip their fill. Petals kiss the sun,bees hum songs of fleeting joy,dew melts on my tongue. To sup sweet nectar,one drop lingers on my lips,a taste of the dawn. Please subscribe below. Let's support each other. I always follow back. © Richard J Kirk, writing as Joseph …
When the path grows steep, and the skies turn grey, When dreams seem distant, and hopes fade away, Remember this truth, let it guide your way: There’s no such thing as failure, only lessons to weigh. Each stumble, each fall, each misstep you take, Is a whisper of wisdom, a chance to awake. For the …
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Failure? I have never failed, I have only experienced learning opportunities. Throughout life, failure was never something I admitted to, any apparent failure, or what may have looked like a failure to other people was just an opportunity to learn, hone and …
In light of the recent flagrant bullying of President Zelenski in the White House and the subsequent capitulation of same... A Poem. In halls where power’s whispers play,Zelenski treads a fragile way.Through storms of words and tides of doubt,He seeks the light, to guide himout. Yet shadows loom, with voices loud,A forceful hand, a threat …
