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Great book Nathan. I am going to read parts of it again. Just to remind me to keep focused in the present. My mind wanders quickly to conversations that will never take place! Enjoy the book and thanks again for giving this one to me.

I am two chapters away from finishing part 1. It is so inspiring to read all of the success stories and how it has affected so many people's lives drastically for the better. I have my positive psychology and minfulness meditation teacher Dr. Anomi Bearden at Red Deer College to thank for this one. She lead a small group of us through a crash course in mindfulness:)

In chapter 6, Zinn talks about remembering:

"I like the words remember and remind because they imply connections that already exist but need to be acknowledged anew. To remember, then, can be thought of as reconnecting with membership, with the set to which what one already knows belongs. That which we have forgotten is still here, somewhere within us. It is access to it that is temporarily veiled. What has been forgotten needs to renew its membership in consciousness. When we "re-member" to be in the present, we are already awake in that moment of remembering. The membership completes itself as we remember our wholeness."

So sweet:) connection and practice, one small step at a time, I love it! Positive life affirmation.

I will read on and we can chat more about it<3.