Changing perspective is important…

Maaseik http://preferredmode.com/tag/cinelli/ Excerpt from: The Huffington Post | by Alena Hall

Sometimes it takes a life-changing or tragic moment for us to reconsider what we really want from life. Unemployment, illness and personal loss are just a few of the many wake-up calls that cause people to reassess how they’re living, and what they consider to be success.

Author Matt Tenney’s wake-up call came in the form of a five and a half-year prison sentence after he embezzled almost $3 million of U.S. government money. While this conviction could have sent him spiraling further along a dangerous path, he consciously decided to make a change — and it just might have been the best thing he could have ever done for himself. While in prison, Tenney started reading about mindfulness — which ultimately helped him to discover true, lasting happiness.

“When I started learning about this practice, it made so much sense. It was very logical, it was something that I could apply effort to and see results. And so I started practicing pretty diligently,” Tenney told HuffPost Live host Jordan Freeman. “I started learning about the practice about a year into my confinement, and within maybe a month of beginning the practice, I was making the effort to be mindful during just about every moment of the day.”…see article