by Monk Anchorwind | 3 Feb, 2023 | Dear Diary |
In my writings about joy, I speak of the environment often. I wrote such things as ‘our environment impacts us constantly, regardless of whether we are aware of it,’ and ‘the environment also means things we surround ourselves with mentally,...
by Monk Anchorwind | 2 Dec, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, What is joy? Joy is a response to activities bringing cheer to our life and a cultivated mindset allowing those activities to exist. Joy is also a passive state of being born of an appreciation and gratitude for life. How do we go out creating joy...
by Monk Anchorwind | 16 Nov, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, most of my previous thoughts about happiness and joy have primarily fallen into two camps. The first camp is in response to activity; if we feel happier for doing something. The second camp can be described as a state of being we feel without stress. ...
by Monk Anchorwind | 29 Apr, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, What is purpose? Purpose is the principle guiding how we choose to spend our time if all environmental factors are equal. It answers the question ‘what do we want to do/be when we grow up?’ Realistically, we don’t always get to choose how...
by Monk Anchorwind | 4 Jan, 2022 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, In this, The Mindfulness Monologues, I have found joy to be passive. Joy is not something to be pursued but experienced by being present in the moment. The Joy of Being is available to everyone willing to stop looking too far down the road and instead...
