Something interesting popped up on Twitter recently which got me thinking about the way I’m using a certain word, and the way I’m thinking about a certain concept: ‘mindfulness’. On the surface it’s a really useful word, capturing in three neat syllables the entire idea of paying more attention to one’s surroundings, the moment you [...] Read more – ‘What Does ‘Mindful’ Mean?’.
Drink your tea slowly. That was the best advice I received in the first week of 2012. It arrived via Google+, by way of Kevin Rose. It’s actually part of a longer quote from Thich Nhat Hanh, which goes like this: Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the earth [...] Read more – ‘(Somewhat Belated) Happy New Year’.
