Quotes About Mindfulness

My advice to the reader approaching a poem is to make the mind still and blank. Let the poem speak. This charged quiet mimics the blank space ringing the printed poem, the nothing out of which something takes shape.

As I drank my coffee, I listened attentively, but I heard nothing. I thought, maybe this is because there's too much noise in my world.

When I write, I intentionally erase any knowledge from my mind.

Everything I need is in my head, and no one can take that away.

Beware what you consume, lest you appetite grow by what it feeds on.

My father used to say that you live most of your life inside your own head, so make sure it's a good space. Easier said than done.

It occurred to Yancy that, in the time they'd known each other, he hadn't once seen her look at her cell phone. She never texted, tweeted, Facebooked, Instagrammed, or posted a single picture when they were together. He found this behavior alluring.

Knowing the songs - and I'm still learning - lets one envision birds you can hear but can't see. And as always, the ability to envision what is just out of sight is more important than merely seeing what's right in front of you.

We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves.

Nothing comes unannounced, but many can miss the announcement. So it's very important to actually listen to your own intuition rather than driving through it.

The race isn't to the swift, it's to the thoughtful.

Take it easy man, but take it.

Worry is praying to the devil.

With the practice of intentional gratitude, there is no time for regrets about the past, or worries about the future. There is only thankfulness for the here and now.

Put the past behind you and the future ahead where they belong and spend your time in the present with the rest of us.

He didn't try to think, didn't care to remember, but wished only to lose himself in the peace and quiet

Cats learn early on that very little is accomplished by worrying. Cats also know that things have a way of working out, even when the means are kept hidden from us. Best to deal with things as they arise, and let the future take care of itself.

When we are told to live in the moment, perhaps it is because that is where we know ourselves best. Before long, we find ourselves standing on the rim of a deeply forested valley that stretches away in front of us for several miles in three directions.

She understood, now, why life had seemed so empty, so pointless: she herself had rendered it so in refusing to think.

It was important for a person not to let their body or mind become slow and dull. Oba believed it was important to learn new things. He believed it was important to grow. He thought it was important for a person to use what they had learned. That was how people grew.

It is clear to me right this minute that regret is just a wasted emotion.

Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self.

Open your eyes and then open your eyes again.

See a pin and pick it up, and, all day long, you'll have a pin.