A COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER: JUST SOME READINGS I HAVE ENJOYED LATELY

First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

I HAVE HAD FAR TOO MUCH INNER BUSYNESS.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrope Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to face Stress, Pain, and Illness (Fifteenth Anniversary Edition) (New York: Delta Trade Paperbacks, 1990) ("If you start paying attention to where your mind is from moment to moment throughout the day, chances are you will find that considerable amounts of your time and energy are expended in clinging to memories, being absorbed in reverie, and regretting things that have already happened and are over. And you will probably find that as much or more energy is expended in anticipating, planning, worrying, and fantasizing about the future and what you want to happen or don't want to happen." "Because of this inner busyness, which is going on almost all the time, we are liable to either miss a lot of the texture of our life experience or to discount its value and meaning. . . . " Id. at 23-24.).