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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
January 24, 2024
The focus for today is:
I stretch to mend the part of the world that is within my reach.
Today's inspiration was written by Sue Schneider:
Many of us operate from the assumption that the world needs fixing so badly that we need to jump into helping headfirst. The world indeed needs fixing, but our mindfulness practice can help us see that those actions must come from a stable and resourced place and within healthy boundaries and self-awareness.
It is a wise compassion that guides us to know what to do, how, when and how much.
As Clarissa Pinkola Estes, an American writer and psychoanalyst, writes, “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching to mend the part that is within our reach.”
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Opening Our Hearts to the Practice and Gift of Compassion
Written by Sue Schneider.
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of making a difference (today and every day)
Comment from Marie: A good question to ask ourselves: "What can I do today to make the world around me a better place?" Another good question: "How can I help someone today?"
Our focus for today: I stretch to mend the part of the world that is within my reach.
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BOOK BY THE AUTHOR: Meeting the Moment with Kindness
Meeting the Moment with Kindness: How Mindfulness Can Help Us Find Calm, Stability, and an Open Heart
by Sue Schneider
Many of us desire to slow down, quiet the mind and attain greater contact with our lives, but we get stuck in habits and behaviors that don't support our aspirations. This book can help us get unstuck. Meeting the Moment with Kindness offers a roadmap for cultivating seven aspects of mindfulness that can help us access our inherent wisdom, stability and compassion.
Through wisdom teachings, personal stories and evidence-based research, the author offers a pragmatic framework for developing mindfulness and befriending the inevitable obstacles on our path.
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as a Kindle edition.
About the Author
Sue Schneider, Ph.D., is a medical anthropologist, author, integrative health coach, and certified mindfulness instructor. She has developed dozens of mindfulness programs and taught thousands of students over the last decade as faculty with Colorado State University Extension and Maryland University of Integrative Health.
Meeting the Moment with Kindness: How Mindfulness Can Help Us Find Calm, Stability, and an Open Heart is her second book. Visit www.meetingthemoment.org for more info.
