Living Buddah, Living Christ and More by Nicole Benitez https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez NICOLE BENITEZ en-us 2017-11-28 18:12:36 UTC 2026-01-13 21:36:16 UTC hello@padlet.com GROWTH nbenitez https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/211075440 I feel like I was able to grow by living in the moment and being able to reflect. In the beginning I wouldn't live in the moment, but instead I would look into the future and stress myself out. I wouldn't reflect on what I accomplished and I would just put myself down.l Now I don't panic about the future and stress out.  Instead of stressing out, I think about it wouldn't help me if I just freak out and break down. Living 
Buddha Living Christ has inspired me to relax, meditate and live in the moment. Visiting the Buddhist Center helped me grow because it taught me to focus and take in the good energy while releasing the negative energy. The class discussion also helped because it reminded me that I do not need to live in hate because then I will be living in hell. This book, the visit to the center, and our class discussions have taught me to be positive, to live in the moment, to reflect, and to not be afraid of the future because it'll do more harm than good.]]> 2017-11-28 18:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/211075440 THEME nbenitez https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/211075528 Throughout all the books I saw a theme of the works.
In Tattoos on the Heart we saw it with Leo. Boyle was trying to change Leo's life, but once he saw Leo selling drugs he stepped back and gave him space. Boyle gave him space because Leo is the only that can really want to change. Leo eventually cam around and got a job that was not dealing drugs. In Fire in the Ashes we saw it with a young boy that looked up to a troubling brother. We saw it with Armando. He was a drug dealer that kept coming in and out of jail. It wasn't until he couldn't spend his daughters birthday with her that something snapped. He changed and now he stays away from trouble and lives for his family. In Living Buddha Living Christ we see slow works when the author talks about how we can't plan ahead because we don't have a lot of control over our future, but we do have control over our minds. This is slow works because eventually we will go through the right path, but we can't keep forcing it. Instead we need to just let it happen. This shows us that we need to step back and relax just like Boyle did to Leo and just like Armando did. It taught us that we just need it to happen and we can't force anything in our lives.]]> 2017-11-28 18:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/211075528 TATTOO ON MY HEART. nbenitez https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/211075984 The book that left a "tattoo on my heart" was Tattoos on the Heart because Boyle never gave up. Boyle did all he could to save the homies lives and he went to so many funerals, but he never gave up. The most he did was give people space so that they can decide what they wanted to do, but he was not angry all the time. This stuck with me the most because it taught me that I should never be upset or mad for anything because I can change it. This book connected with my everyday life because my mother told me that I should never be upset or angry with anything except a death because I can change anything. The only thing I can't change it someone passing away. It's like when one of the homies passed away and left the other homie with the task of revenge. Instead of killing someone else the homie took care of the family because he was able to change it into something positive. That is how life is supposed to be lived. You should never be angry or upset unless someone passed away because that is something you can't change and I feel like Boyle taught me that.]]> 2017-11-28 18:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/211075984 REFLECTION AND MINDFULNESS nbenitez https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/211076202 I think I focused on mindfulness and Reflecting the most throughout this course. I noticed that I still had a hard time presenting in front of the class, but the last presentation I had was different in a good way. I extra prepared before class and thought about ways to distract myself from getting scared. I payed attention to all my surroundings and realized that everyone is probably as afraid as me, but they just know how to control it. I was more aware and after I did my presentation I reflected on what I did good and what I needed to work on for the next presentation. Being mindful and reflective is being aware. To live mindfully and reflectively you need to know whats going on around you and reflect on it rather than just brushing it away. The positive feeling after accomplishing a day helps me to live this way. I feel like I live a more meaningful life if I live a more aware life. It is better than living without a purpose or without being aware of what is going on around the world and how you impact it. ]]> 2017-11-28 18:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/211076202 CONTINUE TO REFLECT ON nbenitez https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/211076350 As I move beyond this semester I want to continue to reflect and develop my reflecting skill. I want to develop my reflecting skill because I want to live a more positive, loving, and fulfilling life. I plan on accomplishing this by meditating and releasing the negative energy. I will begin my day off with a five minute meditation and I will continue to figure out what makes me happy and what stresses me out or upsets. Right now I am learning that leaving homework for the last minute or letting it pile up stresses me out, so I am trying to get work done before the due date. It makes me feel a lot better when I finish because I know that I am only helping myself out. My next step is to at least do a full week of meditating in the morning, and then I will go on from there.]]> 2017-11-28 18:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/211076350 nbenitez https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/213072516 2017-12-04 20:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/213072516 nbenitez https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/213072902 2017-12-04 20:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/213072902 Nicole, I am glad you chose mindfulness and reflection as areas that were key for you and that you want to continue to include them in your life! I like your mom's advice about not being angry about anything but death because you can change most things but you can't change death...so insightful! I also like that you chose "slow work" as the theme in the books (actually you were to choose one for each book, e.g. hope for Ashes, etc., but I liked how you chose slow works and linked it through each of the three books and how it became one of the these of your Padlet...we shouldn't force life and the things in it...we need to allow life to occur and be mindful and reflective that we act in the best manner to each aspect of it that we encounter. I think with your new perspective, you will continue refining and developing this perspective...your life will be enhanced because of it! https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/214681966       You had a lot of positive and well thought out ideas...I enjoyed reading them!  There were a few writing errors that I noted,:
Theme
1.  Slow was not included with works, so  the theme was a bit confusing at first.
2.  only one (latter was missing)
3.  came around
Tattoos
1.  Put a name to homie
Reflection/Mindfullness
1.  Reflection should be reflection
2.  Payed should be paid

You tended to use "you"...try to stay away from using it in essays or Padlets!
Other than these writing errors, an insightful reflection...it reflect a person who has grown and deepened her perspective and thinking! ]]> 2017-12-09 05:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nbenitez/nbenitez/wish/214681966