The Universal loving kindness exercise was interesting. I feel that the goal of this exercise is make your mind really believe what you are saying. I mean I believe and feel the feelings and emotions from each sentence but will they work for everyone. I know if you regularily repeat something to yourself whether it be true or not eventually your mind will start believing it. Personally I do not feel this exercise was as effective as the first loving kindness exercise. In the first loving kindness exercise you can substitute the one person for a group of people and I feel it will be more effective than this exercise.
The area that I have chosen to be a focus of growth and development is self regulation and social activism. To me self regulation would be like staying committed to doing something to keep going forward to reach a goal. My goal at the present is finishing Kaplan. I really want to go on and get my masters degree but I am not sure where I want to focus my talents. There are so many areas of Health Science that I am interested in that I know I cannot do it all. This is one of my downfalls in life is I have to realize I cannot do everything for everyone. I have a hard time letting my children especially even though they are grown and have families of their own be totally independent. I am not sure what category this falls into as far as growth and development but it is something I need to work on.
When it comes to social activism I want to be more involved with my community. I want to learn Spanish and focus my education and talents toward helping the Spanish and other immigrant populations when it comes to health and wellness of all areas.
Practicing my loving kindness exercise will help me when communicating with the public. The subtle mind exercise will help me focus on my goals more effectively. And finally taking time for myself by keeping myself healthy in all areas of mind, body and spirit will make me a better person.
