[A Paper Muse] On Humility, Mindfulness, and Assumptions.

[dwer]

Mindfulness. Being mindful. Being aware of who you are, what you say, what you do and how you do it. Every time I think I'm doing it, every time I think it's getting easier, Loki laughs at me, and Odin lets me make an example out of myself

Comments

[greeneyedsadie]

It's really hard.

[youngcynical18]

You can do this, and as people of my generation say #thestruggleisreal. Now i don't have a Twitter, and this is an extremely shallow way to address the feelings of frustration you are feeling, but at the same time--it's hard ok, what you are trying to do , the habits (if that's the right term) that you are working on are hard to change. You know me, i'm opinionated and i generalize a lot of things--I understand your pain because i live it too. It sucks when you undo things, it sucks when you let your words wander, but you can do it, and you are doing better. work from that.

There is a saying in Spanish that I have been trying to keep in mind every since i learned which is (more or less): "we are the masters of our silences, and the slaves of our words."

Granted, sometimes there is a lot of value in saying something (carpe diem, making someone's day, communicating in general etc), but words are a huge liability. Modernity: less is more (?)

[lafinjack]

I can give you as much humiliation as you like.