Cold Spring, Minnesota USA
A passionate entrepreneur, publisher and author with 16 tons of life experience. Duane's most recent book is "Dance With The Elephant - Life's Cosmic Equation", a self-discovery book that can change the way you look a life. http://DanceWithTheElephant.us
6,632 words in 30 moments in 2 cities since April 1st, 2014
Saint cloud — From our single cell beginnings, to this very moment of breathing in and out, death has been a part of our life. Almost every cell in our body is replaced in just a single year of existence, so we li...
Saint cloud — we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change. ~Buddha’s Little Instruction Book We have now reached th...
Saint cloud — In a few weeks, a new family will make this their home for the spring and summer. It won’t be long and little birds will leap into the air looking to fly like they have seen their parents do. They wi...
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Thirty)Judging: can lead to a day filled with pain.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twenty-nine)The Welcoming Prayer: focus and sink in; welcome; and let go
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twenty-eight)Sorrow: sometimes it is this that awakens us!
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twenty-seven) Which Will You Follow: The path of fear or the path of love?
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twenty-six) Delusions of Separateness : we are part of a larger whole, interconnected to all things.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twenty-five) Fear : lies at the root of all trouble
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twenty-four) Nowness : the only thing we really have is now.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twenty-three)Unity : relationship is the essence of existence.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twenty-two) Sensations : your awareness of is different from actually being you.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twenty-one) Mystic Experience : an experience of communion with Ultimate Reality
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twenty) Gratuitous : the universe is gratis, it cannot be earned nor need it be earned.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Nineteen) Spirituality : humankind is predestined to discover the spiritual patterns of the universe
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Eighteen) Blessings come from care, troubles from carelessness.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Seventeen) Gratitude : we cannot be mindful without being grateful.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Sixteen) Lovingkindness Meditation: what you give you receive.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Fifteen) The Breath: reminds us to tune into our body and this moment now.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Fourteen) Equanimity : a mind abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility or ill-will.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Thirteen) Wholeness: seeing and recognizing that nothing occurs in isolation.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twelve) Non-judging : suspend your need to judge, just watch whatever comes up and breath
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Eleven) Impermanence : live now! because death is soon coming.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Ten) Patience : simply be open to the fullness of each moment.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Nine) Trust... yourself and your feelings.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Eight) Things to do today: Exhale, inhale, exhale. Ahhhh...
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Seven) We have only today!
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Six) Non-striving : trying less and being more
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Five)In life we cannot avoid change...
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Four) Letting Go : like what you do when you go to sleep
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Three) Acceptance: to see things as they really are.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Two)Approach each day with "beginner's mind".
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day one) Impermanence… over night the temperature plunged 30 degrees (F)