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The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life QUOTES

The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life QUOTES

1 " Beginning a conversation is an act of bravery. When you initiate a conversation, you fearlessly step into the unknown. Will the other person respond to favorably or unfavorably? Will it be a friendly or hostile exchange? There is a feeling of being on the edge. That nanosecond of space and unknowing can be intimidating. It shows your vulnerability. You don't know what is going to happen. You feel quite exposed. There's a chance you'll experience embarrassment. Yet this very feeling is what allows you to connect to the other person. "

― Sakyong Mipham , The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life

2 " In the tradition of warriorship, to celebrate moment to moment is called discipline. Discipline is not a sense of oppression or being punished; it is freedom from our own self-perpetuating laziness. "

― Sakyong Mipham , The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life

3 " Speech can be reactionary or it can create initiative. This dynamic exists in life, too. Our experience of words is largely based on our communal culture and what realities seem important at the time. At present our society is in danger of creating a reactionary story of fear, hate, and aggression. "

― Sakyong Mipham , The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life

4 " However, especially in an age of coarsening values, it is hard to feel our natural kindness because it is often blocked by reactionary emotions. This occurs when we divide the world into us versus them. Then the more we forget our kindness, the more unkindness there is, and the more we forget. "

― Sakyong Mipham , The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life