Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing, and Compassion
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (646 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1892005190 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 390 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mary Mackenzie is the executive director of the Flagstaff Center for Compassionate Communication, a nonprofit peacemaking organization that teaches transformational thinking, speaking, and listening skills to families, children, schools, corporations, and organizations. She lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.. She is certified as a Compassionate Communication trainer through the International Center for Nonviolent Communication
Daily Meditation and Focus on NonViolent Communication *****This book is a daily meditation book, laid out with one short essay or meditation for each day of the year. The meditation starts with a quotation about the day's topic. Next comes an essay which ranges from less than one up to two pages for the day's lesson. At the end of the essay is a sentence about how to apply that lesson for the day.For example, tomorrow, August 19th, has as a quote: "Keep your eye on the sunshine and you will not see the shadows.---Helen Keller", followed by an essay on "Observing without Judgment", and ending with the sentence "Today stick to the facts and don't make up . "Good start to the day" according to R. I've been reading one of the meditations a day for roughly Good start to the day R I've been reading one of the meditations a day for roughly 4 months now. Overall, it's a pretty good book.Sometimes the meditations are more autobiographical than suits my taste. While having a story associated with the concept helps illustrate the point, having that story be the author's sometimes seems a bit self-indulgent. It would have been more enjoyable for me if the author had either invented a situation to illustrate the point, or referred to someone else's story.This being said, most of the daily thoughts are interesting and thought-provoking. Recent quotes have reminded me to think in vario. months now. Overall, it's a pretty good book.Sometimes the meditations are more autobiographical than suits my taste. While having a story associated with the concept helps illustrate the point, having that story be the author's sometimes seems a bit self-indulgent. It would have been more enjoyable for me if the author had either invented a situation to illustrate the point, or referred to someone else's story.This being said, most of the daily thoughts are interesting and thought-provoking. Recent quotes have reminded me to think in vario. "phone so I can read these whenever I feel like it. Some are good and relevant to my" according to C. Skidmore. I have the kindle on my phone so I can read these whenever I feel like it. Some are good and relevant to my situation at the time, and some are not. But, I guess that is typical of any collection of things to think about.
Begin each day centered and connected to yourself and your values. Ground yourself in the power of compassionate, conscious living.. Each of the 366 meditations in this gathering of wisdom is designed to move readers away from turmoil, strife, and divisiveness and lead them toward peace, resolution, and cooperation. Direct the course of your life toward your deepest hopes and needs. This shift in consciousness is challenging, but with the words and ideas of this book, readers can assemble a collection of practical tools for peaceful living.The learned behaviors of cynicism, resentment, and getting even are replaced with the skills of Nonviolent Communication, including recognizing one's needs and values and making choices in alignment with them.Peacef
About the AuthorMary Mackenzie is the executive director of the Flagstaff Center for Compassionate Communication, a nonprofit peacemaking organization that teaches transformational thinking, speaking, and listening skills to families, children, schools, corporations, and organizations. She lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.. She is certified as a Compassionate Communication trainer through the International Center for Nonviolent Communication