Today take time to write a thank you note to somebody you love for something. Pen and paper, then walk to the post office and send it! Take a photo so we can see it! Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds483
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#tds482 Unfriend
Today is about impermanence. Sometimes we need to move on from some people in order to offer good interpersonal attention to those we love. Is is time to peel some bark from the tree of your relationships? Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds482
#tds481 The art and pleasure of ’40 winks’ (napping)
“So here’s to a life well-slept – not just in service of a productive work ethic, but in the interests of health, happiness, pleasure, wisdom and virtue.” Simon Williams Time for idle pleasures today. Take a nap. Enjoy! Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds481
#tds480 Turn routine into an open ended game
Take something in your day that has long since become so routine that you can do it in your sleep. Discover something new in it today by the simple act of paying attention: What if this were the very first time you that thing? More to life by mdvfunes Choose anything that makes you feel… Read more »
#tds479 Change anything
‘The reality is that our minds, our attention, our abilities of mental perception are embedded in our lives. In the type of mental activities we engage in, the types of emotions we foster, the type of physical activities we engage in…and so [stillness] practice starts with: ‘Look at the way you are living!!’’ Alan Wallace What can… Read more »
#tds478 Working with wanting
“There’s a part of today’s consumerist world that drives us to want more, buy more, act on our impulses, hoard, spend to solve our problems, create comfort through shopping, seek thrills through travel, do more, be more. What would happen if we broke from our addiction to wanting and buying more? What would life be like if… Read more »
#tds477 Are emojis ruining civilisation?
Today something to make us smile and may be wonder about the rise of the image and the fall of the word. A short article titled ‘Emojis are ruining civilisation‘; read, smile and wonder if we are losing the nuance of complex dialogue by replacing long sentences with a simple image… Tweet your response to… Read more »
#tds476 Communication technologies as diminished substitutes
“Most of our communication technologies began as diminished substitutes for an impossible activity. We couldn’t always see one another face to face, so the telephone made it possible to keep in touch at a distance. One is not always home, so the answering machine made a kind of interaction possible without the person being near… Read more »
#tds475 Will it save us or ruin us?
“I’m not here to say that Thoughts won’t succeed, or that it shouldn’t. Every time a new app or platform is supposed to ruin society, it doesn’t; usually, when a new app is supposed to save us, it fails to do that, too.” CC0 Pixabay “But the progression of communication platforms that make it increasingly… Read more »
#tds474 Are you part of the Bowed Head tribe?
Something to make you both smile and reflect from the Chinese Phrasebook in Tumblr. HT Jon Mitchell. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds474
#tds473 Best meditation App? Your mind
“Meditation apps are also a double-edged sword [like our cameras]. They support and motivate our practice, but then they become essential parts of it, so we struggle to practice without them. Photography is an external technology; we have to rely on outside tools for that. But meditation is an internal technology, so outside tools can… Read more »
#tds472 How do you find stillness?
Today read a TED blog titled: How do you find stillness? You might find some ideas to incorporate into your own routines. Be aware that one of the respondents to this survey said: “I don´t bring stillness to my life, because there will be plenty of time for stillness after death, when there is nothing else… Read more »
