“Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively”.
-Sharon Salzberg
Once you acquire an education, no one can take it away from you. You might end up as a CEO or a derelict but you will still have that Master’s Degree. The same is true when you have a skill. After 30+ years at Humana, I am confident that I can manage people here and anywhere else I might end up. I also know how to meditate. I have been studying it and practicing it since the 1970’s. I have done it at work, at home, in the woods, on airplanes, and in monasteries. Meditation is like going to the gym. On a day to day basis it may not appear to be doing anything. Meditation does its work in secret. Over time it changes you. Recently, in a situation that would normally upset me and make me want to fight, I remained unusually calm. That is one of the effects I want meditation to have. Believe it or not, I am not always as calm as I appear. I am getting old but there is still a lot of fight in me. Other times I have used meditation to control pain or relieve minor anxiety. I still don’t have the personal discipline to meditate as regularly as I should or want. It is easy to do in the early morning before I leave home for the office. It’s very difficult for me at the end of an exhausting work day. I usually fall asleep but one teacher told me that’s OK because that is what I am needing in that moment. I encourage all of you to take some time throughout your day and simply breathe. Stop what you are doing, be still for a few minutes, and simply breathe. It doesn’t take much effort and like physical exercise it will transform you over time. We all live in a stressful and challenging world. Breathing helps…
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