Mak - A Sloths Guide to Mindfulness

This book is dedicated to my mother Audrey, who guided my first meditation session when I was a small bean of a child. Copyright 2018 by FLABJACKS. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. ISBN 9781452169620 (epub, mobi) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Mak, Ton, author.
Title: A Sloths guide to mindfulness / by Ton Mak.
Description: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2018]
Identifiers: LCCN 2017049263 | ISBN 9781452169460 (hardcover : alk. | Awareness. | MeditationBuddhism.
Classification: LCC BF531 .M263 2018 | DDC 158.1/3dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017049263 Designed by Allison Weiner and Ton Mak Chronicle Books LLC
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Happy things that are already within us and around us. Practicing mindfulness reveals the happiness in the present. Being mindful brings awareness of the wonders around us. We can see more clearly in the present by emptying our minds. Mindfulness has no time restrictions. The search for mindfulness is not marked by success. The search for mindfulness is not marked by success.

Some days will be harder than others. The key is not to try too hard. If we focus too hard on results, it becomes harder to stay present. Being in the moment, we can identify our fear, anger, and doubt, and become more aware of these feelings. There is no need to run or hide from them. Negative feels come and go. Negative feels come and go.

Its OK to wait them out. Relax.
Watch.
Reflect. Hang in there. Sometimes just taking pause for five minutes is the best practice. Empty your mind, like a deflating balloon. WOOOOOOSH.