Zen and the Art of Change
The world we live in and how we interact with it
“…there are people who try to look as if they are doing a good and thorough job, and then there are the people who actually damn well do it, for its own sake.” ― John D. MacDonald, Free Fall in Crimson Further to the first article, I wrote “Work is a relationship” on the nature […]
Read More What exactly is a Work Relationship?“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection […]
Read More Attitude 4 – Trust“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” ― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter. It always amazes me when I go to London, that whilst the place is buzzing with life; as people rush from place to place; at the same time it feels strange. Remote even. Possibly even cold. These thoughts follow […]
Read More Stranger cities and acts of kindness“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” ― Omar Khayyám, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám You are probably wondering what on earth the title of this article is all about? Perhaps something about a horror film or a book? A bad dream? Nope, not at all. It concerns one of the […]
Read More The Vampire Express and moments of happiness“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.” ― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking As this year races towards its conclusion, I am taking some well earned time away from the normal work world to spend time with my family and friends. At the same time, I am reflecting on what a year […]
Read More A year of Mindfulness and its impact“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― R. Buckminster Fuller I came to Mindfulness through reading a book – “Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world by Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman”. Others […]
Read More Mindfulness apps and Digital Therapy technology“You forget all of it anyway. . . You forget who was cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart, athletic, and not. . . You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. They’re the last to go. And then once you’ve forgotten […]
Read More What is it like growing up as a 21st century teenager“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. I finally managed to catch up on the latest announcements from the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. The 20th October 2015 was a landmark day for mindfulness here […]
Read More Mindfulness Nation UK launch – backed by parliament““The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” ― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections One of the biggest issues we have, at work, in our social interactions and personal lives, it the ability to forgive and move on. Too often, people bring up issues and commentary about people […]
Read More How you can forgive Yourself and Other People“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” ― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success In recent conversations on mindfulness, two of the key reasons why people say that they do not practice mindfulness, is they either do not have the time to practice […]
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Martin Summerhayes 