Recent, yet to be published research, has shown that the most developmentally evolved leaders all have some form of contemplative practice incorporated into their daily routine. What these great leaders have discovered is that connecting to oneself through writing in a journal, prayer, meditation, etc. connects them to a deep source of wisdom and strength.
Both meditation and "journaling" have been an important part of my daily routine for years. It is how I start every day. By doing so, I re-establish my connection with myself on a daily basis. I am centered as I step out into the events of the day. And, if I am pulled away from center by the events of the day, I don't have too far to go to get back. Were it not for this regular practice, each event of the day would pull me away from myself, this would occur over the course of each day so that after a few days, I am so far away from my core that I can't get back. I end of feeling lost and confused.
Author and spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle says in Stillness Speaks; "When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself, you lose touch with the world."
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Me skydiving
Me with local children in South Africa
Me with friends after white water rafting on the Zambezi River in Zimbawe, Africa
Me in Zimbawe at Victoria Falls
Me with the Elephants outside my hotel on Safari in South Africa
Me horseback riding in Italy
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Interesting -- this has been the hot topic in my life in just the last few weeks! On the ODNet list serve, a new list has just been created -- odnet-mindfulness -- in which participants are discussing just this very topic.
I'm wondering, and exploring, the importance of "practice" in this realm. Mindfulness can exist without a regular routine/practice -- though certainly can be enhanced by a practice. Somehow, just engaging in this conversation seems to increase mindfulness.
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