...LIVING IN THE MOMENT By: Jason Mraz If this life is one act Why do we lay all these traps We put them right in our path When we just wanna be free I will not waste my days Making up all kinds of ways To worry 'bout all the things That will not happen to me So I just let go Of what I know I don't know And I know I only do this by Living in the moment Living my life Easy and breezy With peace in my mind With peace in my heart With peace in my soul Wherever I'm going, I'm already home Living in the moment I'm letting myself off the hook For things I've done I let my past go past And now I'm having more fun I'm letting go of the thoughts That do not make me strong And I believe this way Can feel the same for everyone And if I fall asleep I know you'll be the one Who'll always remind me To live in the moment Living my life Easy and breezy With peace in my mind With peace in my heart With peace in my soul Wherever I'm going, I'm already home I can't walk through life facing backwards I have tried, Tried more than once to just make sure And I was denied The future I'd been searching for I spun around and hurt no more By living in the moment Living my life Easy and breezy With peace in my mind With peace in my heart With peace in my soul Wherever I'm going, I'm already home I'm living in the moment (I'm letting myself off) I'm living my life (The hook for things I've done) Just takin' it easy (I let my past go past) With peace...
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...Many people think that being happy has everything to do with money and possessions more than experiences and living in the moment. Experiences are actually to account for most of your happiness than possessions are. Living in the moment is just as important and making sure you experience things because without living in the moment you may miss the experiences handed to you. . The essay “Buy Experiences, Not Things” by James Humblin utilizes the appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos in order to reveal the importance of experience and living in the moment rather than possessions. The first rhetorical device used was ethos which is used to convince the reader of the author’s credibility and understanding of happiness. The author uses the appeal...
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...novel The Spare Room by Kathryn Lomer, Akira the protagonist was sent by his father from Japan to study English in Australia. His father had high hopes for him to return home and take his business internationally. As a puerile man growing up, he depended on his father until the moment he left his father’s office. At that moment, Akira’s journey of independence commenced. For a 20-year-old boy like Akira, living and learning to do things on his own was arduous at first. Upon his advent in Australia and living with the Moffatt family, he developed...
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...The Happiness of Mindfulness Have you ever experienced the delightful moments when you travel to foreign countries, not only you can indulge yourself with spectacular sceneries and exotic cuisines, but also have the opportunity to savor the local brand of happiness wherever you go? Such endlessly fascinating experiences are just the juicy contents delivered by the book, The Geography of Bliss, from an eminent journalist Eric Weiner. By detailing his traveling around the world to the countries where people are considered highly contented as well as the ones discontented, Weiner shows readers with some incredibly intrigued facts of the happiness among the people in different countries. With his sharp journalist’s eye and personal charm...
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...PROGRESS NOTES GROUP SESSION Group therapy Type of Group: ____________________________________ Primary Counselor _________________ |CLIENT NAME: james casal |DATE: 5/19/2011 | |GROUP TOPIC: denial |DURATION: 60 min | Functional Areas Addressed: Alcohol/Drug History Employment Communicable Disease Social/Leisure/Spirituality Family/Significant Other(s) Tobacco Use Activities of Daily Living Legal Involvement Mental/Emotional Health Education/Vocation Medical Health Gambling Housing Military History Other (describe) _______ _____________________ Client Participation: Active/Eager Supportive Attentive Resistant Disruptive |Counselor Comments on Client Participation: | | | | ...
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...People live in a world where they constantly have to meet deadlines and do so in a timely fashion. In the world today, it is so fast paced, people forget to settle down and appreciate the moments they have. Think about today, going several places, hundreds of things crossing a person's mind; Do they ever remember to live in the present? Today, people can instantly connect to millions of people throughout the world. Today,a person can make a once 30 minute trip into a 5 minute trip. With the world today being so fast, it is easy to forget how it used to be. At one time, it took days to communicate across the world; Now, it takes a few presses on a screen and a few seconds. People sometimes forget to slow down in our busy world. David L. Weatherford tries to bring light to this everyday struggle of hurrying through life. Weatherford uses his own personal experiences and several different literary devices such as imagery,...
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...whole world as well. Nevertheless, tragedies that people have been suffering, are still taking place. They are not natural but sadly man-made catastrophes. The root of cause is not in external and top down factors such as security measures, laws, and policies, but it is originated from consciousness of human. Unquestionably, the issue should be solved at the root. Hence, mindfulness, which could help people to deal with the causes, would be a solution for this problem. As an ancient notion that was taught as the heart of Buddhism’s teaching, mindfulness was proved as a valuable practice in health care and life that help people deal with their suffering and reach happiness. Religion In Buddhism’s position, mindfulness means awareness moment-by-moment in the present without forming attachment and making judgment. Mindfulness is comprised of consciousness and awareness. The motivation of Buddhism is practice that can help people to reach the enlightenment and happiness. Mindfulness was taught as the heart of the practice leading to enlightenment. As a legacy of Buddhism, mindfulness has the power to liberate human being from those delusions. The ability to stay firmly in the present is another way to convey the mindfulness’s meaning as Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who is a Buddhist monk, once said in his book: “Life is available only in the present...
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...Ella Edwards Ms. McMullin English 10 Honors 29 February 2024 Asleep vs. Awake, Alive, and Living What if someone was to say stop thinking for yourself, stop saying what you want to say, stop looking around and truly live? What would be people's responses? Would they actually stop doing those things, or would they realize that they haven't been living for themselves, thinking for themselves, or using their own voice? These are the questions that no one seems to think of and about. In Fahrenheit 451, no one thinks for themselves, says things they really mean, or truly live. These questions are what people like Francis Bacon, Clint Smith, Michelle Kuo, Karen Swallow Prior, and Ray Bradbury want to help people answer and start doing. To be spiritually and mentally awake and alive we must think and do things ourselves, take time to enjoy the small things, and experience and learn life lessons....
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...Most people exist, that is all.” According to the Cambridge Dictionaries Online, to live means to continue to be alive or have life. However, Oscar Wilde used the word live to define doing things you haven’t done before and not worrying about anything else other than the moment you are in at that time. Living means not caring about people’s judgments, not letting anything stop you, such as the fear of making the wrong decision, from appreciating the present. Contrastingly, the word “exist” means clearly seeing what is in front of you but lacking the ability to react and have emotions towards it. Existing instead of living means being physically present but having your mind in a completely different scenario. That’s how I felt at the...
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...Multiple Choice Questions 1. How did the Girl Scouts change to meet the needs of Hispanic families? A) Training focused on how to address a Hispanic woman. B) Training focused on the importance of building a relationship. C) Brothers were encouraged to attend some events. D) Las Posadas, a Hispanic Christmas tradition that pays homage to Mary and Joseph's search for an inn, is being conducted by Girl Scout troops in some areas. E) all of the above Answer: E Page: 157 Difficulty: easy 2. A segment of a larger culture whose members share distinguishing values and patterns of behavior is known as a(n) _____. A) market segment B) subculture C) ethnic group D) reference group E) subgroup Answer: B Page: 158 Difficulty: moderate 3. Many companies develop special marketing mixes for a segment of a larger culture whose members share distinguishing values and patterns of behavior. These segments are known as _____. A) subsegments B) subgroups C) secondary markets D) subcultures E) reference groups Answer: D Page: 158 Difficulty: moderate 4. The degree to which an individual behaves in a manner unique to a subculture depends on _____. A) the extent to which the individual identifies with that subculture B) how long the individual has been in this country...
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...(25). This suggests a place far from town and set deep in the country. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is set in a remote woods, far from any homes. Each location in the settings of the poems is remote and far from city life. This suggests that the narrator is accustomed to the countryside and its way of life and that he most likely enjoys this type of life. The narrator also has an appreciation of nature. This is immediately evident in the fact that each poem is centered on nature and uses the themes of nature to establish the narrator’s points. Each poem involves an interaction with nature, such as a ride in the woods and swinging from birch branches. Beyond the interactions with nature, the natural also works to mark moments of emotional significance to the narrator. “Birches” recalls a fond memory of swinging from birch branches and also brings to view the narrator’s desire to experience that freedom again, “So was I once myself a swinger of birches./ And so I dream of going back to be” (41-42). The...
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...Living in the moment can be difficult in todays’ fast pace society. We’re always on the move and never have time to relax. When meditating though, one can achieve living in the moment and relaxation all at the same time. Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years for religious and personal purposes. Meditation has also become a popular topic of research for universities and hospitals like Benson-Henry institute. When meditating one is engaging in the practice of relaxation and living for the moment. Meditation is a built in instinct we all have. One just has to learn how to tap into their natural ability to start rejuvenating their mind and body. There are hundreds of different ways to meditate and there is no one technique suitable for everyone. Most people associate meditation to just one practice. The practice of sitting crossed legged with a clear state of mind. This is a very popular form of meditation but one does not need to sit cross legged or even clear their mind to meditate. One just needs to find what is suitable for them. There are four main categories for meditation mindful, spiritual, movement and, focused meditation. Mindful meditation is when one sits crossed legged and enters a flow like state of mind. This means you allow your mind to flow from one thought to the next without really focusing on one particular thing. It is also the most popular practice of meditation in the Midwest. Spiritual meditation is the practice of using vibrations or sounds...
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...In the book The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, the character Hazel feels dull about having cancer and how her mom wants her to go to a support group , but she ends up showing the growth mindset. Throughout the book Hazel go to the support group like her mom has bugged her to go to, and she finds a boy named, Augustus Waters. Augustus suffers from cancer, specifically Osteosarcoma. Osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor of bone in which there is a proliferation of osteoblasts. Augustus teaches Hazel that you have to live life to the fullest before it’s all gone. Hazel takes his advice and becomes more positive with the life that she has. “The world is not a wish-granting factory.” Clearly, Augustus feels very strongly about helping Hazel on getting...
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...surrounded by about a dozen people, each waiting for a picture. It is here that the first title screen of the sequence appears: it says, “Bitte recht freundlich!” (smile, please!). At first, this statement is directed at a group of people taking a picture together, but then the photographer begins to take photos of individual people. Here, the camera adopts an interesting perspective: it shows the faces of individuals in a close-up shot (that is, a snapshot style). Each person’s movements are recorded for a few seconds before their picture is taken, and then their picture is frozen in place for a few more seconds before the film cuts to the next individual. This seems to play on the previously-established idea that the film is exploring a moment temporarily frozen in time – here, it allows the camera to examine the facial expressions and movements of various people before freezing them in a picture to preserve what otherwise would be...
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...What you believe in your mind determines your actions. Sometimes living the American lifestyle can put us in a busy state that our mind gets stuck on auto drive, and we let life escape us without even realizing it. This lifestyle can be the reason stress and anxiety keep creeping up. Taking the time to pause in the present and meditate on the world around us can transform our health. “10 Minute Mindfulness” The book I chose 10-Minute Mindfulness: 71 Simple Habits for Living in the Present Moment was intentional because when I read the two options, I was automatically turned away from the other book “Go wild; Eat fat” was all I needed to read to say no. My book chosen suggests 71 habits to live in the present moment which appealed to where I am in life right now. To me this means not the past or not the future, but to live right now. I had not even bought the book yet, but knew this would speak to my situation. I used to get caught up in the past with certain things and let...
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