[Buddha-l] mindful/mindfulnes

[donna Bair-Mundy]

Aloha,
   When I was growing up (in the United States) we were told to mind our 
manners, meaning to behave properly.  I suppose you could describe "mind" 
in that case to mean that we must observe our own behavior and make sure 
that it conforms to the rules our parents tried to drill into us.
   As to "minding the gap" between a subway car and platform, this is 
actually something that women wearing spiky-heeled shoes need to do in 
order to prevent the situation of having a shoe heel slip into 
the gap and get stuck, then having to struggle to free themselves 
before the train takes off.  Avoiding having their heels sink into a gap 
and get stuck is also why you'll see women in high heels walking around 
grates in a sidewalk.
   So can we say that high-heeled shoes promote mindfulness?  (There must 
be some compensation for the pain.)

                    	Have a safe and joyful day,

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