Enjoying the Journey- No, Really.

Hi Y'all, My dog Jordan when he was a puppy. Even back then, he liked to watch me meditate. I decided I want to do the 100-day meditation challenge again this year, starting today and into 2020. I think this time around, I'm going to meditate each day for 30 minutes total, instead of 15 minutes. The reason behind this is that I feel like 30 minutes  or even 20 minutes allows me to fully "go under" in the meditation, while the 15 min I found to not always get me all the way "there". All the way "there" meaning when everything starts to fade into the background and I feel a sense of stillness, even in the conditions of time limitations caused by my everyday life as a human maintaining my position here on earth. This may be a response to New Years, to 2020, to me turning 30 (gasp), or me unintentionally rediscovering the magic of meditation pretty recently, I don't know. Maybe it's a combination of things, but I know I...

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