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A Joyful Mind Part II

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A joyful mind may be…

When your mind is curious and interested, not suspicious and interrogating.

When your mind does not “brood over injuries.”

When you do not need to humiliate, critique, or defeat those who have hurt you – not even in your mind.

When your mind does not need to create self-justifying story lines.

When your mind does not need the future to be better than today.

When your mind can let go of obsessive or negative thoughts.

 

Taken From: The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See by Richard Rohr

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Author: Teresa Nizza

Teresa Nizza is a spiritual director, lay theologian, retreat facilitator, lecturer, volunteer chaplain and co-founder of mainespiritus and Tools for Intentional Living (TILT)©. She is a graduate of the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, CA and she earned a certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Mercy Center for Hope and Healing in Colorado. She earned a DMin in Transformational Leadership at BU in the School of Theology.

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