Desktop Retreat

Monday, December 12, 2011

If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
~Lao Tzu

3 comments:

Tracy said...: Hey, you have to live in the now!; December 12, 2011 at 1:09 PM
Sam (Tiny Library) said...: How true this is. I experience all of them but not enough of feeling at peace.; December 12, 2011 at 3:07 PM
Trish said...: Finding peace in the present is harder than it sounds.; December 12, 2011 at 4:54 PM

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Guerrilla Reading

Turn off the TV

Turn off the computer

Turn off the game console

Always have a book with you to read ~

~before going to sleep

~before getting up

~in the bathtub

~while waiting for your ride

~while on the bus/train/plane

~while dinner is cooking

~while exercising (audiobooks!)

~while driving (ditto)

~while waiting for an appointment

~while baby is napping

~after kids are in bed

~with kids

~to kids

~while eating lunch

~while eating breakfast

~at the cottage (dock, hammock, screen porch)

~while walking

~while waiting for kids in the mom & dad taxi

~on a park bench

~instead of housework

~in the bathroom

~while on hold on the phone

~on the porch with a cocktail

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