“Because when we don’t take the time each day to count our Gratitudes, our Ingratitudes rush right in and take over. And then we are off to the fucking races, are we not? Life can seem to be nothing but the accretion of the many unfortunate, heartbreaking, humiliating things that happen to us, until we… Read more »
Posts By: Mariana
#tds470 Awe inspiring
What is awe? We take time to look past the overused ‘awesome’ today. It is ‘a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.’ It turns out that experiencing genuine awe makes us more generous. The study defines awe as: ‘an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend current frames of reference.’ Today… Read more »
#tds469 Common Sense Stillness Practice
Louis C.K.hates cell phones and speaks much wisdom about finding digital stillness without any appeal to religion or spirituality – just laughter and common sense. Enlighten-up! Tell us about a nugget you pick up from listening to this 5 minute video (NSFW). Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds469
#tds468 Give up a favourite everyday thing for the day
Watch your mind’s reaction when you don’t get what you might want. How do you react when you don’t have a particular desirable thing? With detachment and joy? Or with frustration and blame? Tell us in one sentence how you did or create a meme with a meme generator. A quiet mind comes from our… Read more »
#tds467 Fit a Rhyming Couplet of Stillness in a Tweet
flickr photo by Steve A Johnson shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license You have even less than 140 characters (to include the twitter name and hashtag below) to make a short poem that rhymes two words. Twas not a stressful feat, to fit a couplet in this tweet. @livedtime #tds467 Whilst I was resting… Read more »
#tds466 Still life photograpy
Take a still life photo today. Create your composition, take time to get the right light, explore detail quietly with your camera. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds466
#tds465 Get to know your patch of grass
Find ‘the broad lawn, spread out, sit alone and watch a small patch of grass. Observe and record ‘what happens there’. Stay with your patch of grass long enough to get to know it.’ A. Sullivan Source Image Wikemedia Show us your patch of grass in a photo. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be… Read more »
#tds464 How to be alone
Thanks to Laura for reminding us of this gem. She says: watch this video to learn how to ‘find stillness in Alone’. Enjoy. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds464
#tds463 Give your ideas some legs
“Walking works by setting the mind adrift on a frothing sea of thought.” Open culture What a lovely idea! To take a walk in stillness and let one’s mind adrift in a sea of thought. Do just that today. Then come back and read the wonderful article by our friends at Open Culture. There is,… Read more »
#tds462 Explore the effects of increasing digital connections
“A revolution in technology has connected us online more than ever before: Nearly 60 percent of Americans now have a Facebook account. Digital connections have replaced informal interaction with neighbors and acquaintances. And a quarter of Americans say they have no best friend to confide in. Some caution the decline in face-to-face interactions has led… Read more »
#tds461 Being alone may be key to rest
“We really need to challenge the assumption that if you take more rest, you are more lazy. The fact that people who are more rested seem to have better well-being is an endorsement for the need for the rest.” How being alone may be the key to rest Read the article and explore some of… Read more »
#tds461 A reminder of stillness
Find a quiet place nearby and complete the message in the photo: ‘Be still and I am…’ as a reminder of how you feel when you find that still point. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds461
