This practice is so easy it is often undervalued. But give it a chance.
Try practicing:
- Under adverse conditions, like clear air turbulence when flying over the Pacific.
- When dealing with difficult people.
- For the sheer joy of it.
Resilience Advantage:
- Offers a refuge, a pause, in a world of over busy-ness that itself has become a challenge.
- Is an end in itself, accomplished naturally without striving.
Comment from Happy Traveler (January 30, 2019)
Beautifully expressed. Rigorous meditation practices clearly have their benefits; but smiling is so simple and spontaneous! I smile often and sometimes speak to people I encounter whom I don’t know. Often this initiates a short exchange, or perhaps some information I would like to know; but it is always a conversation which begins and ends with a smile.
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