Sophia Pathways for College Credit – English Composition I

Sophia Pathways for College Credit – English Composition I TOUCHSTONE 1 English Composition Mindfulness is Good for the Soul Practicing mindfulness is good for your soul. We all know being sound in body and in mind are important aspects to maintaining a healthy and happy life, but I feel what is commonly overlooked and it is to societies detriment, is one’s spiritual health. I do not mean spiritual in its traditionally understood way of religion, but for some religion may certainly play a huge importance in their spiritual wellbeing. You may ask “other than religion, what ways are there to practice spiritual health?” There’s a million things you can do and this paper is not long enough to go into all of them, so for now I will touch on one of the easiest things you can do, that is practicing mindfulness. I arrived to bootcamp in early December, and it was cold, freezing in fact. Day in and day out we walked for miles through the rain, mud, and snow. Ultimately to reach a destination to do, what at the time, felt to be a task with no purpose. Even after a long day when it was time for bed there was still no break from the relentless cold. Unfortunately for me, my rack was next to a thin single paned window that the freezing temperatures outside had no problem creeping in through. Me and the thin blanket I was issued didn’t stand a chance. I was physically and emotionally drained, I was miserable. Finally, the day came, graduation was at last here. I made it and I was heading to Pensacola, Florida for my schooling. I arrived in Pensacola early in the morning, the sun had yet to come up. Me and the other graduates were picked up at the airport and crammed into a small van. Once we arrived