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SPORT-FIT

STAYING FIT FOR LIFE
By: Ed and Deb Shapiro

6. Forgive yourself. Love yourself. Treasure yourself. These are big steps,
but each one liberates the heart and sets you free. You need to forgive
yourself for feeling angry, for getting upset, for all things you think you’ve
done wrong. They are in the past and who you are now is not who you were
then. You can take any guilt or shame by the hand, invite it in for tea, and
open yourself to self-forgiveness.

7. Meditate. There is an overwhelming amount of research showing how
meditation changes the circuits in the part of the brain associated with
contentment and happiness and stimulates the “feel-good” factor.
Meditating on love and kindness makes you much, much happier! And the
only way to know this is to try it, so don’t hesitate.

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Ed and Deb Shapiro are the co-founders of RevolutionaryMindfulness.com.
They are the authors of BE THE CHANGE, How Meditation Can Transform You
and the World, with forewords by the Dalai Lama and Prof. Robert Thurman,
contributions from many known meditation teachers, winner of the 2010
Nautilus Gold Book Award; and Your Body Speaks Your Mind, winner of the
Visionary Book Award. They are featured contributors on Oprah.com,
HuffingtonPost.com, and Vividlife.me, where they host the acclaimed
weekly LIVE radio show, Going Out Of Your Mind.

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