Hugs
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Tagged Comical Explanation, HUGS, kindness, Personal hygiene, Quarantine, realationships, safety
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Beyond Bars
Have you ever read something that makes you pause and reflect, and sometimes gives you chills? Earlier this year I read about a program called “Beyond These Bars.” The goal of this program is to provide inmates in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons with an image upon their request. The image could be real or imagined. The volunteer photographer sets off to snap or create the image, so that those that are locked up in seven or eight foot by 10 foot cell can have something positive to focus on. In addition to sending completed photographs to the inmates in prison, the program uses the project to provide public education about solitary confinement and support campaigns to limit its use. Working in partnership with local advocates, Beyond These Bars often put on travel tour exhibitions with the request forms and photographs; hold events and discussions; and encourage media coverage about solitary confinement. Would you become a volunteer photographer? Why or why not?
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Tagged advocacy, art, awarness, Beyond These Bars, exhibitions, Inmates, jail, photographer, photographs, prison, prisons, solitary confinement, visualization, volunteering
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Play time
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Tagged children, communication, decision, distractions, encouragement, park, play time, siblings, slide
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W.A.I.T.
WATCH
Take a moment to be present and observe what is happening right now. What do you see, smell, and hear? What is actually happening in the present moment? Imagine you are simply a camera, taking in everything in your field of awareness, without judgment or commentary.
ACCEPT
Allow that what is here is here… because it’s here! You can’t change the length of the line. You can’t change the fact that it’s a new employee being trained in and the line’s going to move a little bit slower.
INVESTIGATE
What stories are you making up right now? Are you trying to convince yourself that the lines are long ONLY when YOU are in the store? Are you telling yourself that YOU are in a big hurry … and OMG, why can’t everyone else just hurry the $%&@ up!?
Once you know what stories you’re telling yourself, go back to your camera view from the first step. Is your story true? Is there evidence to support it? You’ll likely find that a lot of what you’re telling yourself is based on assumptions and incomplete information.
Can you drop the story?
TEND
No one likes waiting in line. You may indeed be in a big hurry, with lots on your plate today, and perhaps an impatient toddler who’s making the wait unbearable. Tend to yourself with compassion. Simply tell yourself, “Yes, this is hard right now. What can I do to be kind to myself?” Maybe it’s finding a place to sit. Maybe it’s realizing you’ll simply have to return to the store another day. Maybe it’s striking up a conversation with another person in lin
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Tagged accept, assumptions, awareness, breathing exercise, compassion fatigue, evidence, investigate, judgment, mindfulness, observe, pause, present moment, proceed, relaxation, self compassion, Slow down, w.a.i.t.
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Inquire Within: Life
- What are some of the patterns or ways that you conduct your life that work well for you?
- What are the barriers that get in your way?
- How do you handle conflict? Change?
Posted in Moment of Truth...
Tagged Barriers, change, conflict, conversation, journaling, life, personal growth, Pondering, responsibility, self reflection
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