‘We notice how our breath changes with our moods, our thoughts, our body movements.  We don’t have to control the breath, just notice it and get to know it, like a friend.’*

We cannot see “what is” in a hurry.

Like the proverbial tip of the iceberg, we notice things on the surface of life and hurry on without being mindful of why this is: what it is that lies beneath the surface.

Most of all, we’re unaware of what lies beneath the surface of our lives: behind how we think, relate, and behave.

When Daniel Kahneman warns us of “delusional optimism” he’s highlighting something about our characters as well as our personalities:

“People do things they have no business doing because they believe they’ll be successful.”**

We may say “I am what I am,” unaware we can change at a genetic level.

It’s important to be optimistic.  It’s important to reach beyond what others often think is possible.  This is called hope.  We all need hope and hope is born of optimism. And we can’t always wait for someone to bring hope.  Sometimes we have to make some of our own.

Deep down within us are primal Human desires to belong, become, and believe.

Deep connection, deep wellbeing, and deep hope cannot be seen or produced in a hurry.

(*From Mindfulness by Mindfullybeing.)
(**Quoted in Martin Seligman’s Flourish.)