Quotes About Mindfulness

Susan Marks was in her midseventies, and despite a little stiffness as she stood, she had the look of someone who did an hour of yoga a day to warm up for the second hour of yoga she did each day.

Reading some poetry early in the morning is a habit—I read it before I start to work. Whenever people say, Nobody reads poetry anymore, I think, Well, I do." —

To keep on looking at one's wristwatch, just in order to convince oneself that time is passing is absurd. Time has never yet stood still just because a person is bored and stands at the window, not knowing what he is thinking.

Wenn die Haut empfindet, wie der Sand trocknet auf der Haut, wie die Sonne, wie der Wind, wie das ist für die Haut und das Hirn ... Er vergißt nicht seine Rolle, nicht die nächsten Verpflichtungen, die sich ergeben aus dieser Rolle; Termine, er vergißt nicht einmal die Weltlage. Es ist allerlei, was er nicht vergißt in dieser dünnen Gegenwart.

Worry divides the mind.

Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia

Loosen up. Don't you have some people to hug, rocks to skip, or lips to kiss? . . , Someday you are going to retire; why not today? Not retire from your job, just retire from your attitude. Honestly, has complaining ever made the day better? Has grumbling ever paid the bills? Has worrying about tomorrow ever changed it? Let someone else run the world for a while.

Anxiety splits our energy between today's priorities and tomorrow's problems. Part of our mind is on the now; the rest is on the not yet. The result is half-minded living.

What I urge is that you learn to master your life by living each day in a day-tight compartment and this will certainly ensure your safety throughout your entire journey of life.

6Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks. 7And God's peace, which is so great we cannot understand it, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Do not meditate on the mess.

The key is this: Meet today's problems with today's strength. Don't start tackling tomorrow's problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow's strength yet. You simply have enough for today.

La gratitud es tener conciencia absoluta de los beneficios de la vida. Es la mayor de las virtudes.

Menos consternación, más súplica. Menos pensamientos ansiosos, más pensamientos saturados de oración. Mientras oras, la paz de Dios protegerá tu corazón y tu mente. Y a la larga, ¿qué podría ser mejor?

We do our way into better feelings. We do not feel our way into better doing.

gratitude keeps us focused on the present. The Bible's most

How do we disarm anxiety? Stockpile our minds with God thoughts. Draw the logical implication: if birds and flowers fall under the category of God's care, won't He care for us as well? Saturate your heart with the goodness of God.

Write today's worries in sand. Chisel yesterday's victories in stone. Pick up the stone of the past.

Celebrate. Ask. Leave. Meditate. C.A.L.M.

Choose Calm 6.?Ponder this statement: "The mind cannot at the same time be full of God and full of fear.

Gratitude is a mindful awareness of the benefits of life. It is the greatest of virtues.

What intentional changes can you make in your daily schedule to ensure that God's character is at the forefront of your mind? How would your demeanor change if you would "dare to believe that good things will happen"?

Your goal is not to live long, it's to live.

But the greatest activity of life is well within your dominion. You can choose what you think about.