by Cory | Dec 5, 2017 | Coffee With Cory, Uncategorized
The comfort of thinking something COULD work can keep us from seeing if it ACTUALLY works. I had a friend who finally started meditating after years of talking about doing it. When I asked him what took so long, he mentioned that there was fear that it might not work....
by Cory | Dec 4, 2017 | Coffee With Cory, Uncategorized
“Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.” -Lily Tomlin Perhaps you’re ready to hear these words, and perhaps you’re not. Wherever you’re at is ok. But at some point, if you’re looking to loosen the shackles of the past, some degree of forgiveness is...
by Cory | Dec 3, 2017 | Coffee With Cory, Uncategorized
When you shut down lines of communication, you lose the potential for truth. This was a spontaneous quote that came to me in a dream. I have no memory of the context or what sparked it, but I woke up with these words resounding in my mind. I didn’t understand it...
by Cory | Dec 2, 2017 | Coffee With Cory, Uncategorized
Acceptance comes when the pain of non-acceptance is greater than the alternative. Acceptance, in all its many forms and depths, can be tough. Our minds don’t want to accept certain realities. Even though we may know we need to accept something in order to move...
by Cory | Dec 1, 2017 | Coffee With Cory, Uncategorized
Fill yourself with love, and let it spill over to the world. Lovingkindness meditation is a form of meditation that aims to cultivate “heart qualities” of mind. Specifically, one develops an unconditional compassion and care toward oneself and other beings. I hated...
by Cory | Nov 30, 2017 | Coffee With Cory, Uncategorized
Seeing new possibilities for the future starts in the present. How does mindfulness prepare us for the future? As we pay attention to what’s happening in the present, we learn the nature of things to come. We learn that an emotion is impermanent. We learn how thoughts...
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