I like it! Love that video. I haven't seen it before, but it has some really good insight. I'm glad he stressed the importance of how vital it is to live in a diverse environment. Spot on.
What a great video! I love their relationship and the steps his parents took to make his childhood as "normal" as possible, but my favorite is the end. "She wouldn't have been as cool without my sister and me." (:
I am going to watch that the moment I get home from work!
Just back from holiday and have found myself tagged - so now you're tagged too! Details on my blog. As soon as my parents go and I've got my house back, I need to try the goats do roam- I missed out last wednesday - sounds great! xxC
Oh wow! Thanks so much for posting this! I wish this family would do longer interviews. I want to know what those other things were he was referring to at the end...
Great video! I have often wondered what my Ethiopian son will say about being raised by a Scandinavian mother. It was great advice and insight give without a reporter getting in the way. Said like a true photographer huh?
Our true home is not in the past. Our true home is not in the future. Our true home is in the here and the now. Life is available only in the here and the now, and it is our true home.
Mindfulness is the energy that helps us recognize the conditions of happiness that are already present in our lives. You don’t have to wait ten years to experience this happiness. It is present in every moment of your daily life. There are those of us who are alive but don’t know it. But when you breathe in, and you are aware of your in-breath, you touch the miracle of being alive. That is why mindfulness is a source of happiness and joy.
Most people are forgetful; they are not really there a lot of the time. Their mind is caught in their worries, their fears, their anger, and their regrets, and they are not mindful of being there. That state of being is called forgetfulness—you are there but you are not there. You are caught in the past or in the future. You are not there in the present moment, living your life deeply. That is forgetfulness. The opposite of forgetfulness is mindfulness.
Mindfulness is when you are truly there, mind and body together. You breathe in and out mindfully, you bring your mind back to your body, and you are there. When your mind is there with your body, you are established in the present moment. Then you can recognize the many conditions of happiness that are in you and around you, and happiness just comes naturally.
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I like it! Love that video. I haven't seen it before, but it has some really good insight. I'm glad he stressed the importance of how vital it is to live in a diverse environment. Spot on.
Wow, what a cool video. You guys should move out here, there are lots of black kids in our neighborhood.
Thanks for posting this. I love their attitude.
Charlotte
What a great video! I love their relationship and the steps his parents took to make his childhood as "normal" as possible, but my favorite is the end. "She wouldn't have been as cool without my sister and me." (:
Agreed- that is a great interview. I so hope to do as well.
So very cool.
Cindy
I am going to watch that the moment I get home from work!
Just back from holiday and have found myself tagged - so now you're tagged too! Details on my blog. As soon as my parents go and I've got my house back, I need to try the goats do roam- I missed out last wednesday - sounds great! xxC
Oh wow! Thanks so much for posting this! I wish this family would do longer interviews. I want to know what those other things were he was referring to at the end...
Great video! I have often wondered what my Ethiopian son will say about being raised by a Scandinavian mother. It was great advice and insight give without a reporter getting in the way. Said like a true photographer huh?
Wow - loved the video! How interesting to see the other end of adopting black children! Thanks!
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