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Well Trained Mind

8/18/2017

 
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Wonderful it is
to train the mind,
so swiftly moving
seizing whatever it wants.
Good it is
to have a well-trained mind
for a well-trained mind
brings happiness.
BUDDHA

I have a wonderful spiral bound journal from Piccadilly Press... the one I'm using at the moment contains a quote/saying from Buddha on every page. There are other themes for other books... Mark Twain, Jesus, etc. Very nice. The quote above is from a page of the journal. If I find the quote to be particularly meaningful I also write it out, large and fun and stylish on the page.  Today in a meeting I found myself writing it out again and drawn to it precisely because mind training seems to be something I need (everyone does) right now. The thoughts of work and people around work keep running a muck... it's a silly waste of time. So this little poem came to me in the moment...

Curious thoughts
Running wild
Spinning round
Circling down
Shaping - shifting
Swinging - swirling
STOPPING... abruptly
Dropping off
Wandering
Back
and forth
Until rejoined
Again and
Running wild
Spinning round
Circling down
Shaping same
Shifting more
Swing and swirl
Abrupt stop
Hey There!!
Breathe and Smile and Write
DETOUR!  Hey There!
Detour to gratitude and grace!

That is all for this wonderful mid August rainy Friday! 


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    Laurie Anne McCauley

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    I decided back in November 2015 to make my poetry available and journal online. I'm not exactly sure what "blogging" means but I am quite sure this is an online journal. Feel free to read on with an aire of open minded curiosity. At no time do I intend to offend, judge or pretend to know anything really, I'm just an observer and explorer, as we all are. Feel free to "boldly go" through my observations and perhaps it will spark or inspire. Comments are off because I don't want to be worried about political correctness when I'm writing. I'm not thinking about "you." I'm just writing because it feels "right". Feel free to enjoy or surf on.
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