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Kaysunga here, joining you on this terrific Thursday.

This week has been all about mindful moments. Those moments where our

awareness is fully in the present moment and we experience a profound sense of joy, contentment, or peace.

Or it may be fear, resentment, or anger.

As humans, we experience it all.

Now, this week, my mindful moments have been courtesy of the family trip that I took to Los Angeles.

Today's mindful moment is all about experiencing what's present with your entire awareness,

not two-thirds or three-quarters, but your full 100%.

So one of our favorite things to do as a family is to visit the museum. During this recent trip to Los Angeles,

the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was a favorite of ours.

My favorite exhibitions were The Black Cinema Regeneration, The Godfather significant movies, and Boys in the Hood significant movies.

That's actually when I experienced my mindful museum moment.

I think it was when we were in the middle of experiencing the Godfather exhibition.

We had been there for about one and a half hours and both my girls said,

I'm hungry. I can't wait to go eat.

Now granted, they had just finished having a snack so I knew they weren't really that hungry

What was happening was that I had promised them that we would go to this famous Italian restaurant

after our museum adventures and they were eagerly anticipating it.

Now there's absolutely nothing wrong with experiencing anticipation of something exciting to come, and also being aware of when it's

pulling you away from your present moment experience. That's exactly what I noticed

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