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Contemplation

"The mind is always bored in the present. So it must be trained to stop running backward and forward. This is the role of contemplation."


                                                      -Richard Rohr OFM, Franciscan Friar

Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh counsels, “Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.” Even slowing down might help, but coming to both outer and inner stillness is even better. Take your foot off your accelerator, start gently breaking, and see how it feels.

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