Our friend, Quin, shared one of his mindful moments with us that we used as our “Sharing a moment of mindfulness…” on April 11, 2004 . We forwarded Quin the responses we received to his mindful moment and he sent us the following insightful reply by e-mail.

“I respond to the mindful moments about half the time. Some moments trigger a response immediately, others percolate for a while before I respond and others don’t cause me to respond. Not sure why. I never even thought about getting a response from other people or what reaction a response might cause in me. Interesting. It worked for Carol and I think it worked for Hal but he is way, way deeper than I am in his analysis. Fascinating to see the variety in just the two responses. It seems clear to me that the receptor is the variable, not the mindful moment message. I love getting new perceptions. Quin”

We received the following response to the March 14, 2004 , Sharing a moment of mindfulness …, from our friend, Jennifer. The moment was about an individual that was frustrated due to her employer on several occasions canceling her performance review. The question for this particular moment was, “ I wonder how often our intentions are diminished by the unintentional impact of our actions given the choices we make?”

“You have NO idea how this impacted me today! This is so true and it could have been written about me. I have so many frustrations at work that I can’t begin to start telling you (especially over company email). Thank you for sharing this with me. I will be printing this out and putting it on my desk.”

An e-mail from Damian Zikakis to Bill Cumming after receiving the September 28, 2003, Sharing a moment of mindfulness…

“The thought you shared this week reminds me of something I use to share with coaching clients. I live in a suburban area and early on Saturday, and in particular on Sunday mornings, I can hear sounds that are otherwise covered over by the sounds of traffic from nearby streets. I can hear a faint train whistle from tracks that are over two miles away. I can hear a variety of birds singing both near and far. The question I close with is, “What are you not noticing because of the cacophony of being busy?”

We received the following response from Jen Turek upon receipt of a mindful moment.

“I am back from vacation and ended checking my e-mails with your mindful note. Two weeks ago my best friend from college had just moved and called to read me a note she came across, I sent it to her just before her wedding in '93. We cried together as we share that special moment of reliving our friendship and love for each other. Thank you for reminding me of it yet again. I cannot tell you how much these notes inspire me, thank you for doing what you are doing, touching so many lives.”

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