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{ Monday, November 15, 2004 }

Mindfulness

I decided to create a wrinkle in time, as Paul himself was doing with Alamut before it ceased publication in 2003, and transpose the years (one of the reasons I enjoy the Pepys Diary so much). Reading back to 1998 today, after doing all this filing and tax preparation, I found this:

Taxes and Bookkeeping (every act is a rite)

From 'The Miracle of Mindfulness' by Thich Nhat Hanh:

"Whatever the task, do it slowly and with ease, in mindfulness. Don't do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention. Enjoy and be one with your work."

"The feeling that any task is a nuisance will soon disappear if it is done in mindfulness."

I've been reading a little bit of Thich Nhat Hanh these days myself.

LINK | 2:23 AM | TB

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