October 14, 2019 
Attention gamers! Video game club is starting this week. If you love playing and talking about video games, come check out our club. The first meeting is Wednesday at 7:40 AM. Come by room A4 to get pick up a permission slip.

This is a reminder to all students who have been accepted into Peer Leadership - all meetings will take place in the Media Center starting at 7:45 sharp. If you miss a meeting, it is your responsibility to contact Mrs. Mahler or Mrs. Rusin to find out what you missed. Please note that the deadline for applications has passed, so we will not be accepting any more students into the program this year. 

And now for our Monday Mindful Minute:
Let’s start by sitting up straight, with your feet firmly on the floor and your hands resting on your knees. If you are comfortable, close your eyes. If you prefer, soften your gaze and look towards your lap. Take a few slow, deep breaths. While you are breathing deeply, relax your shoulders, your stomach muscles, the muscles in your face, your hands and your legs. Let go of all the tension in your body. Now bring your attention back to your breath. Allow your breathing to be natural and relaxed while you listen to this one minute meditation.
There is a Native American story which illuminates different ways of paying attention. An elder tells a child, “I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is fearful, vengeful, envious, resentful and deceitful. The other wolf is compassionate, loving, generous, truthful and peaceful. The child asks, “Which wolf will win the fight?” The elder responds, “The one I feed.”
This doesn't mean we should deny the angry wolf. If we do that, we end up in a long battle, making that wolf more powerful through hostility and fear. Instead, we can calmly pay attention to the angry wolf, but let go of believing it has the answers. We can focus our energy on strengthening the kind and loving wolf, giving it nourishment and support.
Mindfulness allows us to see our thoughts and feelings as they are beginning. We can choose which habits we strengthen and which we gently let go of. We don't have to be stuck in old habits or old ways of thinking. We are empowered.
As you go through your day, practice paying attention to which wolf you feed. Now, return your awareness back to the room, and when you are ready, open your eyes.


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Posted by lwysocki On 14 October, 2019 at 9:22 AM