photo by Sandra Dodd
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Mindfulness is about remembering that what I'm doing right now is going to have an effect on what will happen next, not just in my own life, but in other people's lives. |
When you come to an intersection, how do you decide which way to go? It helps, before operating a motor vehicle with all its attendant expenses and inherent dangers, to know where you want It's the same with unschooling. If that's where you're headed, there are some wrong ways you can avoid simply by being mindful of your intent. |
The more peace and mindfulness I bring in my home, the more all those good things swirl around.
Alex Polikowsky wrote: Unschooling takes more, more presence, more guidance, more attention, more mindfulness, more connection, more thinking and questioning, more choices and better choices. —Alex Polikowsky |
And when people get more and more practice doing what it takes to create or accept or recognize those moments, they can have more and more of them.
The further I got from cynicism and pessimism, the more they jumped out at me when I heard them.
It's easy to be mean.
It's harder to be nice.
Whether it's warm outside or cold, the sun through the window is the same. Be light. |
Unschooling takes more,
more presence,
more guidance,
more attention,
more mindfulness,
more connection,
more thinking and questioning,
more choices and better choices.