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This blog invites you to make the most of your educational experience and to become a student of life:  

• mindful of your present moment
• motivated toward a positive future
• making a difference in the lives of others

As a student, it is easy to get swept up in the blur of classes, exams, activities, homework, and overall STRESS of student life.  The following quote reminds me to pay attention to the moment and to focus on LIVING in a way that is positive, productive, and mindful.

“We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.  We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living.  We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on.  But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.”  ~ Thich Nhat Hanh