Grounded in Realness

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel:

All too often life can feel like a competition to see who is the busiest. Our lives are filled with rushing, stress, anxiety and exhaustion.  Being overworked has become a marker of success, and it’s difficult to resist getting caught up in the wave.  We’re less in tune with our bodies and minds and there’s little time left over to simply ‘be’.

We don’t need to live life at breakneck speed.  There is so much joy and wonder surrounding us in our daily lives - we just need to stop and take time to notice it.  And it’s then that we realise that beauty truly is everywhere.
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The Gift of Emotion

From the Green Rennaissance YouTube channel: A large part of being alive is feeling emotions.  It is a blessing to be aware enough of that which goes on inside us.  And having the ability to confront all of our feelings head on and be present with them, is one of the most important gifts we can give to ourselves.

All emotions are valuable and can teach us profound lessons if we are willing to see them in this way.  Anger shows us what boundaries have been crossed. Grief shows us what we are profoundly attached to. Fear shows us where our deepest doubts live.

But these emotions do not define who we are at our essence. We can choose how we react to them.  We can choose to feed the dark sides of these emotions that only breed more darkness. Or we can choose to use these emotions as a compass pointing us towards our light. Read more

The Dalai Lama: Overcoming Anger and Anxiety

From the Dalia Lama YouTube channel: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s talk on “Overcoming Anger and Anxiety” at St. Columba’s School as part of Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre’s 40th Anniversary celebrations in New Delhi, India on November 20, 2019. His Holiness also gives a short teaching on the “Eight Verses of Mind Training”. After his talk His Holiness answers questions from the audience.
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How we can face the future without fear together

From the TED.com YouTube channel: It’s a fateful moment in history. We’ve seen divisive elections, divided societies and the growth of extremism — all fueled by anxiety and uncertainty. “Is there something we can do, each of us, to be able to face the future without fear?” asks Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. In this electrifying talk, the spiritual leader gives us three specific ways we can move from the politics of “me” to the politics of “all of us, together.”
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Now You Are Free

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel: We all age - it is the normal process of living. But rather than being apprehensive about our aging bodies, let’s celebrate our growing perspective. Rather than worrying about our changing relationships, let’s embrace the opportunity to make new friends with people who share our interests. We must never lose the desire to do the things we truly love, because it is the saying ‘no’ to life that ages us. It’s not about aging. It’s about living.
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What Love Is

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel: Love is a strange and beautiful thing.  But we often put provisions on love - we attach it to how others are acting, to circumstances and emotions.  But what would the world be like if we stopped looking to get something in return, and just loved unconditionally, for the happiness it brings us all?  The most important thing is to learn to give out love, and let it come in.
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Wisdom from Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Here is a beautiful quotation from 10MC endorser Archbishop Desmond Tutu who was called home December 26, 2021:

We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that is bedecked with dew… Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful… and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.

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Sing

Another uplifting toe-tapper by Jon Batiste. Enjoy!

How compassion could save your strained relationships

From the TED.com YouTube channel: When personal relationships and ideological differences collide, the result can lead to strained relations — or even years of silence and distance. Actor Betty Hart offers an alternative to cold shoulders and haughty hellos: compassion, and a chance for growth and change instead of losing important time with loved ones.

14th Dalai Lama shares wisdom on how people can cope during the coronavirus pandemic

From the TED.com YouTube channel: ABC News Correspondent Dan Harris spoke with the 14th Dalai Lama about ways to help to reduce anxiety and fear in times of crisis.

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