DEAR JOURNAL: ONE/THREE/TWENTY THIRTEEN! HAPPY?

 The unexamined life is not worth living ~ SOCRATES

Dear Journal:

I am feeling very inspired and philosophical lately! I MUST ADMIT THAT I SIMPLY LOVE IT! the other day I was riding the train and I noticed the sign, the sign for the School of Practical Philosophy.  Ever since I started to try and practice the discipline of living in the moment (which is REALLY REALLY HARD!) I have to admit that I feel happier, I see things, I notice the world around me and I find beauty in so many things, that I am in constant AWE! Of course I have to often catch myself and not allow my self to drift to the far away lands that our minds usually try to take us.  Meaning, that I often catch myself living in the past or in the future  and I start feeling blue, but when that feeling of blue starts trying to creep in, I CATCH IT! and I remind myself that I need to come back, because I am HERE NOW, IN THIS VERY MOMENT, THE ONE WHERE I AM TYPING THESE WORDS! 

So, that is sort of the philosophy that is explained at the school.  It's trying to help us understand how valuable our minds are and how we indeed can control ourselves and be present and how when you are present, the wisdom within us takes over and it allows us to live much better lives.  And, because I just finished taking a psychology class in cognition, I am here to tell you that OUR MIND IS ONE POWERFUL ORGAN! but YES! we can control it! 

I really do miss attending the classes at the School of Practical Philosophy so much! I really truly feel that everyone in this world should attend those classes at some point, because there you really examine yourself without any judgments of yourself or others and it isn’t a place where you are discussing any sort of religious beliefs of any one kind, you are just there being! being one with yourself and others and really getting some helpful tools that will enable you to find the wisdom we all posses. JUST AWESOME!

Anyway, whenever I feel philosophical I go back to the little packet I got when I attended the classes because sometimes I feel like my life is a little all over the place and so for me to find some ground some sort of calm, I need to revisit the things that I have learned that have enabled me to grow as a woman a mother a student and a friend!

On the very first day that I attended the School of Practical Philosophy nearly 2 years ago, WOW! how time has past! They gave us all a hand out and in it I wrote some words.  I can’t really remember why we had to write them, I believe maybe they had to do with why we were all there.  In my class, there were all sorts of people.  There were young college kids, there were history teachers, lawyers, writers, artists, engineers and computer techs, all with their own wisdom to share their own beliefs their own theories.  Yet when we would gather to discuss the class, we would all unite and just be one, we would all of a sudden become one with the universe one with our thoughts and share meaningful conversations of what life meant to each of us! It was really awesome! OH! I ALREADY SAID THAT!

I once made a comment about the fact that I did not attend church because my experience was that I would attend church (I was catholic) and that when I would come out of there, everyone would just come out criticizing or talking about others.  When I said that, the teacher that was leading the class, told me very nicely that I shouldn’t be judgmental, when he said that, I realized that I indeed was being that and it made me think of how much better I would be if I would just stop judging things and others and just be.  Just be nice, just be loving, just be.  Anyway, if anyone comes across this post I invite you to attend the School of Practical Philosophy if you can, it is quite an awesome experience and you really learn some valuable life lessons!

Below are the words I wrote on my packet that first day I attended.  Read each one and think for a moment, what they mean to you! and remember, live without judgment and live with lots of….. LOVE!

QUALITIES:

LOVING

PEACEFUL

PATIENCE

LISTEN

KNOWLEDGEABLE

SELF CONTROL

UNDERSTANDING

COMMUNICATE

DEMEANOR

SINCERE

KIND

GIVING

KNOW ONE SELF

ACCEPTING OF ONE SELF 

CONFIDENCE

GREATER VISION

WISDOM

In conclusion to this post, I urge you to often stop and reflect and stop and live in the moment and not think of anything and find inside of you, the peaceful warrior that is within.  It those moments, you will find clarity and answers to all your questions, we all have wisdom within, we just need to pay attention and do nothing and all will happen as it should! A still mind, finds happiness in everything.

HAVE AN AMAZING DAY! SMILE! life is AMAZING!

Below is a link to the schools website check it out!

http://www.philosophyworks.org/ 

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU STOP TO LIVE THE MOMENT, YOU ACTUALLY NOTICE THE FLOWERS! TOOK THIS WITH MY IPHONE.......... ENJOY!