{"id":495,"date":"2023-04-01T07:36:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T06:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankobermeier.com\/blog\/?p=495"},"modified":"2023-04-01T07:36:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T06:36:12","slug":"update-mindfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frankobermeier.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/04\/01\/update-mindfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Update – Mindfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The other day I wrote a blog about what mindfulness is for me and provided my definition. Just a recap:

Thankful \u2013 have gratitude what daily life is providing you
Trustful \u2013 have faith that your heart keeps pounding, your breath keeps going and healthy air is around you. The simple things are there for you \u2013 no matter your mental stage
Accepting \u2013 be aware that certain things are what they are and they will be like this all the time. Embrace them
Not knowing \u2013 recognise that you do not know everything. Period.
Not thriving \u2013 think about\u2026you have already achieved so much and you are already there
Not judging \u2013 have an opinion and let everybody have their thoughts and directions
Patience \u2013 be calm as things are coming together \u2013 one or the other way

Every time I am going thru this mantra, I recognise that I do not like the negative expression of “not knowing”, “not thriving” and “not judging”. There is a “not” in the words and I always stumble, as it describes something you shouldn’t do instead of something you should do. So, this morning I locked finally new expressions, that are positively phrased (at least for me). I can deal with them much better:

Curious instead of not knowing
Satisfied instead of not thriving
Open minded instead of not judging

Just a small mind trick for me which leads to a much more positive perspective going thru this mantra. In full it looks like this now

Thankful<\/strong> \u2013 have gratitude what daily life is providing you
Trustful<\/strong> \u2013 have faith that your heart keeps pounding, your breath keeps going and healthy air is around you. The simple things are there for you \u2013 no matter your mental stage
Accepting<\/strong> \u2013 be aware that certain things are what they are and they will be like this all the time. Embrace them
Curious<\/strong> \u2013 recognise that you do not know everything. Period.
Satisfied<\/strong> \u2013 think about\u2026you have already achieved so much and you are already there
Open minded<\/strong> \u2013 have an opinion and let everybody have their thoughts and directions
Patience<\/strong> \u2013 be calm as things are coming together \u2013 one or the other way
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The other day I wrote a blog about what mindfulness is for me and provided my definition. Just a recap: Thankful \u2013 have gratitude what daily life is providing youTrustful \u2013 have faith that your heart keeps pounding, your breath keeps going and healthy air is around you. 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