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Music provided by the gifted Elena Westbrook.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click on this link to view the videos of our service on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2YyWsW4vASKKYGENbQ5SKh0BE0kCPOY4\">Video Link<\/a><br \/>\nClick on this link to view our YouTube Channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/CommunityUUChurchofPlano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/CommunityUUChurchofPlano<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life sometimes feels like an endless round of hurrying and worrying. The mind is preoccupied with re-imagining the past and preparing for the future. There is no time for noticing what is happening here and now. This affects the quality of our relationships and our awareness of the needs of others.\u00a0\u00a0In this talk, Dr. Kalia &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/services\/the-joy-of-mindfulness\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Joy of Mindfulness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"uu_service_speaker":[297],"uu_service_topics":[311],"class_list":["post-18690","uu_services","type-uu_services","status-publish","hentry","uu_service_speaker-alok-kalia-md","uu_service_topics-welcome"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Joy of Mindfulness - Community Unitarian Universalist Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/services\/the-joy-of-mindfulness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Joy of Mindfulness - Community Unitarian Universalist Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Life sometimes feels like an endless round of hurrying and worrying. 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