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 Disappointment - A Lesson in Mindfulness3 comments
30 Jan 2004 @ 00:26, by Craig Lang

It's been one of those days. The type of day when clients no-show, people everywhere seem to be crabby, and bad news arrives. In this case, the news was that I didn't get selected as a speaker for an upcoming conference. I had looked forward to being a presenter there, on what seemed to be some pretty interesting new topics (at least I thought so...). So the news was pretty disappointing.

What's important about this is not the news itself, but the timing. It comes at a time when I have been doing alot of study of mindfulness and nonattachment. So to me, this comes as the first big test. How non-attached to outcomes does this student and seeker remain as he digs out from the rubble and shakes the dust off his sandals? ... :-)

To keep it all in perspective, it is certainly not the end of the world, just a bit of a bummer. Yet I believe that God gives us what we need, when we need it - though almost never in the way that we might anticipate. All in all, this was a small to moderate pot-hole in the road of life, and a lesson at what is probably an important and teachable moment.

Still, can't one just read a good book on the subject?... :-)

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30 Jan 2004 @ 06:06 by swan : No one has written the book
because each of us would have to have a separate chapter. We did come with instruction manuals but it is so frustrating to forget where we put them. What I have learn is I am going to get the lessons whether I find the book or not and it isn't important how the show up but how I respond to them.

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Hi Katelyn, thanx for the note.
When somebody does write that book, you will find it high on my Amazon wish list... :-)  

30 Jan 2004 @ 06:38 by scotty : I'm sorry it didn't work out
the way you hoped it would - I just want to say that I'll send some energy your way to help you get over feeling disappointed because I don't want you to 'feel bad' about feeling disappointed ! 'Feeling 'is part of the being alive that means that we’re growing, right?
((Hugs))

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Thanx Scotty - hugs back  

30 Jan 2004 @ 07:12 by shawa : God
God helps those who help themselves, they say! ;-)

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...And usually in ways we didn't expect
Thanx for the note  

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