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Research has shown time and again that meditation enhances creativity. It makes sense then that people who want to boost their creative energy—especially those with professions or hobbies that involve expression, like painters, writers, and musicians—might take up meditation or mindfulness practices

After visiting Everglades National Park on a fourth grade field trip, Christopher Ramos boldly told his father, “I’m going to save the Everglades. As Christopher experienced, these school field trips have the power to affect students in ways that differ from classroom learning, providing “opportunities for exploration, discovery, first-hand and original experiences,” as one academic review put it. It’s also not uncommon for students to leave with a spark of passion or curiosity that leads to further exploration and, as in Christopher’s case, ties them to the environment in ways that can “move the needle and protect the earth for generations to come,” says Jennifer Diaz, director of education for the Everglades Foundation. During a river hike, “they have to be completely zoomed into their surroundings, paying attention to mossy rocks that might be slippery, plants and creatures that can’t be stepped on, and water of different depths to decide where to safely step,” explains lower school science teacher Cezar Simeon.

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Your love shines through in your desire to be gentle in how you approach implementing a new way of interacting in your friendship. When you feel settled, ask yourself these question or similar ones that resonate with you more completely: What do I want and need most in this friendship? The next step will be to convert your journaling toward language that you can gently and assertively communicate to your friend. Take additional quiet time, as in the meditation practice, to visualize the interaction with your friend.