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Good morning friends.
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Happy thursday and welcome to today's Mindful
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mornings where we are practicing mindfulness.
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Now, why do we try to practice mindfulness every day?
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Friends mindfulness prepares our mind
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and our body to be present in the moment?
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It reminds us that we are in control of our choices. We control what our bodies do,
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what our thoughts do
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and what we say.
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So when we are mindful,
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when we are really in the present moment it's easier to control all of those things.
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If I'm not thinking about all those other worries.
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If I'm not thinking about future events or what
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happened yesterday and I am focusing on today,
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I can really think about what I want to say,
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what I want to do,
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who I want to be with
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and what I want to do with my day friends
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and that is why we practice mindfulness.
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So for today's mindfulness activity,
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let's go ahead and focus on one part of our body
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that we have right in front of us.
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Our hands.
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And I want us to notice our hands in a mindful way
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so that we can practice
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paying attention to those small things. Those small details
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that maybe we miss sometimes because we're busy thinking about so many things.
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So go ahead and put out your hands in front of you.
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And I'm going to give you a moment
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for you to notice the shape
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the color,
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how they feel
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what they look like.
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If there's any color.
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So go ahead and do that Now. Friends
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take a look at your hands.
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Do they feel soft?
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Do they feel
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kind of rough?
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Are your nails painted?
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Mm hmm.
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Are your nails long,
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short
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look. Do you have any freckles
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on your hands?
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Any scars
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that you notice on your hands?
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Do you have a paper cut?
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Hmm.
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Maybe you noticed there's a little speck of dirt and you want to take it off.
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Okay.
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Now that you've noticed your hands, friends take a moment to just be grateful
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that you have these.
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Just feel them
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and be thankful
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that you get to have them today.
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That you get to use them to write
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to learn
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to do everything that you need to do.
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They help us everyday friends.
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So now let's move on to our affirmations.
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Friends are affirmations are worried what gets our mind ready to be successful.
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So repeat after me.
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I am in control
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of my body.
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I am in control of my body.
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I am in control of my choices.
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I am in control
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of my choices.
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I am in control of my thoughts.
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I am in control
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of my thoughts
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And last one. Friends
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I can be who I wish to be.
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I can be
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who I wish to be.
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That. Last one is so important.
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Friends because people may say that we are lazy or that we are
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not nice or that we don't like to be friends with people.
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But guess what? We can decide who we want to be
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if you want to be more friendly than you say.
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I am more friendly if you want to be more respectful than you say, I am respectful.
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And if you know you're all those things, friends believe it here
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and here.
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So thank you for joining me today and I will see you all tomorrow.