5/27/22

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  Good morning my friends and happy friday.

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  Welcome to today's Mindful mornings where we are practicing mindfulness.

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  Now I just want to say I am sorry to everyone who

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  has been asking me to be a part of mindful mornings.

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  I have not been able to put a time together where we can record and

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  do mindful mornings but it makes my

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  heart very happy that everyone wants to participate

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  and perhaps next year we can work together to make all sorts of videos together.

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  But for the time being I hope you enjoyed

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  today's mindful mornings as we are practicing every day.

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  So for today's mindfulness activity,

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  I like to bring back something that we haven't done in awhile

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  called object observation.

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  Sometimes friends being mindful is being able to notice

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  the things that we use every day so that

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  we don't take them for granted so that we

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  are thankful for the things that we have around us

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  and in order to be thankful and to not take them

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  for granted we need to take the time to appreciate them.

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  So go ahead and grab any random object that is near you.

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  Any random object that is around you?

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  I think for today

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  I will

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  pick up.

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  Yes,

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  it's a little tiny squirrel whoops

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  little tiny squirrel that I have

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  on my desk.

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  So go ahead and find

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  anything around you that you may use for object observation.

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  You got it. Okay,

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  so take the item in your hand.

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  You first feel.

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  Is it heavy?

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  Is it light?

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  How does it feel

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  on your hand?

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  Does it feel cold.

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  Warm,

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  dry.

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  What does it feel like

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  now? Go ahead and take it in your hands.

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  How many colors do you see?

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  Are there one,

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  two,

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  Three

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  or more colors on your object?

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  What colors are they?

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  Are there any shapes on your object that you can identify?

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  Any shapes that you can see?

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  What are they?

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  Hmm.

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  Are there some parts

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  that are darker than others,

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  lighter than others?

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  Does your object itself have a specific shape

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  or is it a bunch of different shapes put together

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  when you tap it?

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  Does it make a sound

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  when you rub your fingers on it?

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  Does it make a sound?

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  If you're brave you can go ahead and smell it.

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  What does it smell like?

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  Does it smell like wood

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  plastic?

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  Does it have a sweet smell?

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  My sour smell.

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  Take it between your fingers.

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  What does that feel like?

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  Does your item or your object have a specific use?

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  For example if it's a pencil or pen. Do you use it to write

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  if it's a book? Do you read it?

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  Whatever your item is?

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  Go ahead and take it in your hand

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  and say thank you.

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  I know that might feel weird but you say thank you to your object

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  for existing

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  and for being able to use it

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  for what it was for.

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  So friends. That was our mindfulness activity.

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  Let's go ahead and move on to our affirmations for the day. I have them up here

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  but I also have them here with me.

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  So go ahead and repeat after me.

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  I

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  I'm a leader.

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  I am

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  a leader.

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  I matter,

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  I

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  matter.

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  I belong here.

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  Come,

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  I belong here.

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  And last one. I am trying my best.

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  I am trying my best.

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  And I hope you repeat these affirmations to yourself everyday friends.

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  Because the more we repeat them,

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  the more they become true because our life changes and we

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  start to look for things that make these affirmations true.

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  So thank you for joining me today. Friends, happy friday. And I'll see you next time.