A method for grounding yourself and to bring yourself back to the present moment.

Focus your attention one after the other on these things:

• 5 things you SEE
• 4 things you HEAR
• 3 things you TOUCH
• 2 things you SMELL
• 1 thing you TASTE

This technique brings me rapidly into …

I recently visited the abby of Val Dieu in Aubel, Belgium. The abby was founded in by Cistercian monks in the beginning of the 13th century. The Cistercian order followed the Rule of Saint Benedict as guidelines for their order. The motto Ora et Labora is associated with these guidelines …

Contemplate the following saying by Lao Tzu:

Sow a thought, reap a word;

Sow a word, reap an action;

Sow an action, reap a habit;

Sow a habit, reap a character;

Sow a character, reap a destiny.

Key insights:

• thoughts and words are predictions (mental formations about the future)
• habits …