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The practice of mindfulness is monitoring your mind all day and all night. It's enjoyable to just remove things that make you unhappy from your mind, to clarify your emotions.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Mind
Mindfulness
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Remove
Things
Unhappy
Emotions
Buddhism
Emotion
Clarify
Practice
Monitoring
Night
Enjoyable

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