- Bring awareness to walking wherever you are. Slow down a bit, centering yourself in the present moment in your body. Appreciate the fact that you are able to walk. This is not something to take for granted. Walk with dignity and confidence.
- If you go to a lot of meetings, make a card that says Breathe and put it somewhere where you can see it.
- Drink a cup of tea. Do not think about drinking a cup of tea. Just drink it. Feel it. Enjoy it. That is experience beyond thought.
- Mold clay and submit to iron.
- Give thanks.
- During the day, label "loneliness" whenever you notice the feeling. Is it tied to certain times of day, places, or events? Hunger or tiredness? Something you see? If looking at the lonely thought is painful, soften around the pain.
- Say: I can change.
- The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the more lovingkindness you cultivate to help the world.
- When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself. - Shunryu Suzuki
- Remember and visualize the times in your life when you have done good things for others. These are the moments when, objectively and undoubtedly, you were a giving, kind, compassionate person who deserved lovingkindness. As you go through this process, you will find an episode that glows with total lovingkindness. Feel it as vividly as possible. Remember how it felt. Cultivate the sensations of lovingkindness that arise. Direct them toward yourself.
- Pick one activity that you do every day and practice doing it mindfully.
- Turning the knob of the bedroom door or opening the car door, be awake.
- Every morning, your first thought should be a wish to devote the day to the good of all living beings.
- You can work with anxiety by focusing on your exhalations and lengthening them, deliberately and gradually. If your everyday exhalation lasts six counts, draw each one out to seven for a few breathing cycles, then to eight for a few cycles, and so on, until you find a length that suits you.
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