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  1. <!DOCTYPE html><head><meta charset="utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" /><meta name="keywords" content="GNU, Emacs, Libre Software, Hurd, Guile, Guix" /><meta name="description" content="GNUcode.me is a website focusing on libre software projects, especially the GNU project." /><link type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="GNUcode.me -- Feed" href="/feed.xml" /><a rel="me" href="https://fosstodon.org/@thegnuguy"></a><link type="text/css" href="css/footer.min.css" rel="stylesheet"></link><link type="text/css" href="css/header.min.css" rel="stylesheet"></link><link type="text/css" href="css/main.min.css" rel="stylesheet"></link><title>Mentors are Fabulous — GNUcode.me</title></head><body><header><nav><ul><li><a href="index.html">GNUcode.me</a></li><li><a href="services.html">Services</a></li><li><a href="about.html">About</a></li><li><a href="business-ideas.html">Business-ideas</a></li></ul></nav></header><h1>Mentors are Fabulous</h1><main><section class="basic-section-padding"><article><h3>by Joshua Branson — October 31, 2020</h3><div><p><em>This is mostly a nerdy blog.  However, this post is motivational and
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  2. non-technical.</em></p><p>Recently I have been listening to &quot;I'm still here&quot;, which is Jim's theme from
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  3. the movie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Planet">Treasure Planet</a>.  It
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  4. reminds me of uncertain times in my life, when I was struggling with self-worth
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  5. and fearful of the future.  I had all these big plans for my life, and I was not
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  6. making any significant progress toward achieving them.  However, many of my
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  7. friends had married, started a family, landed their dream job and were happily
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  8. living a life that seemed so far out of my reach.  I would waste days just
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  9. watching tv shows and online videos, and I felt lost and hopeless.</p><p>Has your life ever felt like walking through a hazy morning fog?  Have you ever
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  10. spent a day, knowing that the best portion of your day would begin when you feel
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  11. asleep that night?  I have been there, and it's not a fun place to be.</p><p>I am glad to say that I no longer live life with such a depressed attitude.  It
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  12. in large part has to do with a good friend and mentor, who has spent countless
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  13. hours encouraging me and pointing out the good things that are <em>already present
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  14. in my life.</em></p><p>I suppose the most significant practice that has helped me to stay positive is
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  15. the teachings of <a href="https://drjoedispenza.com/">Dr. Joe Dispenza</a>, which
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  16. encourages you to focus on the things, for which you are grateful, especially
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  17. the things that you do not yet have.  He teaches a type of meditation that
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  18. imprints this on your brain.  Just spending a few minutes in the morning
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  19. meditating like this, drastically improved my mood.  I would recommend that you
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  20. watch a few videos of Dr. Joe Dispenza; it's worth your time.</p><p>Here's a short summary of what Dr. Joe might say:</p><blockquote><p>90% of the thoughts that you have today are the same thoughts that you had
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  21. yesterday.  The thoughts you think influence your emotions.  Try it.  Think
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  22. about a happy thought, or a sad thought.  What do you feel?  If you spend
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  23. five minutes re-living your proposal, then you would most likely feel joyous.</p><p>So, if your thoughts shape your mood, then your mood certainly shapes your
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  24. actions.  If you are angry, then you probably will not decide to act
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  25. compassionately or generously.  If you are joyous, then you will most likely
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  26. do kind actions.  The actions you do often are habits, and your habits
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  27. predict your life.</p><p>thoughts --&gt;  emotions  --&gt;  actions   --&gt;   habits   --&gt;   life</p><p>Therefore, your thoughts predict your life.  Thoughts are things.  If you
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  28. begin to transform your thoughts, then you begin to transform your life.
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  29. &quot;Change your personality to change your personal reality.&quot;</p></blockquote><p>If you are eager to start meditating now, try the following.  Spend some time in
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  30. a comfortable sitting position (if you meditate laying down, you may fall
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  31. asleep).  Set a timer for 10-40 minutes.  Put on some meditating music.  While
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  32. you are sitting, try to focus on the generous present moment and also be
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  33. thankful for the things that you do not yet have.  Guided meditations may help
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  34. you as well.</p></div></article></section></main><footer><p>© 2020 Joshua Branson.  The text on this site is free culture under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International license.</p><p>This website is build with Haunt, a static site generator written in Guile Scheme.  Source code is <a href="https://notabug.org/jbranso/gnucode.me">available.</a></p><p>The color theme of this website is based off of the famous <a href="#3f3f3f" target="_blank">zenburn</a> theme.</p></footer></body>
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