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The challenge for mindfulness is to be present for your experience as it is rather than immediately jumping in to change it or try to force it to be different.
The challenge for mindfulness is to be present for your experience as it is rather than immediately jumping in to change it or try to force it to be different.
Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
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- Jon Kabat-Zinn
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- Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
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