Lynn J Kelly offers another provocative message on the value of contemplating our death and preparing our legacy … rather than leave it all to chance.
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Tag Archives: mindfulness
Let’s Wake Up and Appreciate Our Life
Lynn J Kelly reminds us that time is shorter than we might think so it’s important to appreciate every day.
Enjoy the article (see link below) and enjoy your life.
Truthfulness – The Secret Is Slowing Down
Lynn J Kelly offers another helpful post on how to be truthful with the help of mindfulness.
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Is It Harder to Practice Alone?
Attended a three-day retreat last weekend and enjoyed the meditation practices with some 80 people attending. Collective energy, collective mindfulness is a palpable reality.
Below Lynn J Kelly elaborates on what a retreat might do for each of us depending upon where we are on the path.
How ’bout you? Are retreats helpful for your practice?
Victim or Victor?
Taking ourselves less seriously and others more seriously has its benefits and side effects.
Lynn J Kelly offers another provocative piece on mindfulness and our relationships. Hope you find this helpful in your life role assessment.
Pain Management & Mindfulness
A couple of years ago, I became deaf in one ear. It was bizarre and lasted for six weeks before improvement began. With the help of modern medicine and mindfulness I fully regained my hearing.
The procedure that led to improvement involved shots into my ear which required me not to twitch or move in any way as the needle was inserted. I did not look forward to the weekly shots, but I knew I needed to endure them in order to have any hope of my hearing returning to normal.
I share this, fortunately temporary, condition because mindfulness helped me enter the doctor’s office and accept the procedure that was coming. Through breath awareness and recalling the Five Remembrances, I was able to still my body and accept the medical procedure.
Below is a link to Lynn J Kelly’s blog where she shares what she has learned about pain management and mindfulness. I think you’ll find it interesting.
Can We Stay Steady and See Clearly?
Lynn J. Kelly references Cheri Huber to explain how Mindfulness helps us during these crazy times.
May their words bring us comfort and guidance.
Using Our Body for Mindfulness
Lynn J Kelly shares another insightful blog post on how we can be mindful throughout the day in all our postures. Check it out at the link below.
Remembering and Realigning
Lynn J Kelly offers another helpful blogpost on how and why we might meditate. I encourage you to check out her link below for all of her mindfulness offerings.
Essential Gratitude Repost
Below are highlights from another beautiful reminder from Lynn J Kelly:
Essential Gratitude
Posted on August 10, 2025 by lynnjkelly
Because of our emphasis on individualism rather than community, gratitude is easily overlooked as an important element of a satisfying life.
A life without gratitude is a joyless life. If we don’t have anything to be grateful about, our life is a dreary plane. …
Many of us have had fortunate lives, but although we have been born in fortunate places we can tend to take a lot for granted. We have privileges and benefits, and a much better life than a good portion of people in the world can ever hope to expect. There’s a lot to be grateful for … (from https://dhammatalks.net/Books3/Ajahn_Sumedho_Gratitude_to_Parents.htm)
In addition, practicing gratitude is a direct cure for self-obsession. Are we ready to give up the idea that we are the most important person in the world? If we spend some time every day appreciating others in our lives, it loosens the chains of self-importance.
Within Buddhist thinking on virtue, there are things we ought to refrain from doing, and things we ought to deliberately do. We refrain from harming other sentient beings; we support the safety and growth of other lives. This training is the basis for Buddhist ethics and cannot be skipped over. As with generosity and gratitude, understanding them is insufficient as a foundation for practice. To grow in the Dhamma, we need to continuously nourish and strengthen these skillful qualities in ourselves.
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