Quotes About Mindfulness

Rather than going from where we are to where we want to be, we need to remember to be where we are, here, now. We don 't need to go anywhere else or do anything else. We don't need to go from here to there; we need to return from there to here.

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you are.

Abundance comes not from amassing, but rather from appreciating.

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

No permitas que la preocupación por lo que vendrá mañana te robe la dicha de hoy. Quizás el presente sea muestro único tesoro.

Cheryl Mendelson

There's always a sunrise and always a sunset and it's up to you to choose to be there for it,' said my mother. 'Put yourself in the way of beauty.

Hello, fear. Thank you for being here. You're my indication that I'm doing what I need to do.

I did not cry. I only breathed. Horribly. Intentionally. And then forgot to breathe.

Allow your acceptance of that to be a transformative experience. You do that by simply looking it square in the face and then moving on. You don't have to move fast or far. You can go just an inch. You can mark your progress breath by breath.

Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear in our lives.

Foot speed was a profoundly different way of moving through the world than my normal modes of travel. Miles weren't things that blazed dully past. They were long, intimate straggles of weeds and clumps of dirt, blades of grass and flowers that bent in the wind, trees that lumbered and screeched. They were the sound of my breath and my feet hitting the trail one step at a time and the click of my ski pole. The PCT had taught me what a mile was. I was humble before each and every one.

You will feel insecure and jealous. How much power you give those feelings is entirely up to you.

Be present for your own life.

An arrow pointed into its center, above which were written the words YOU ARE HERE. This image had become ubiquitous on T-shirts as well as posters and I always felt mildly irritated by it, unsure of how to take it, whether it was meant to be comical or grave, to indicate the largeness of our lives or the insignificance.

Nella vita ci sono un'alba e un tramonto ogni giorno. E tu puoi scegliere di essere presente, puoi metterti sulla strada della bellezza.

The question isn't whether you should stay or go. The question is: How would your life be transformed if you choose to love this time with all your intelligence?

You're clear that you don't want to act on your crush, so trust that clarity and be grateful that you have it.

The question isn't whether you should stay or go. The question is: How would your life be transformed if you chose to love this time with all your intelligence?

I continued up, into the late afternoon and evening, unable to see anything except what was immediately before me. I wasn't thinking of snakes, as l'd been the day before. I wasn't thinking. I'm hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail. I wasn't even thinking, What have I gotten myself into? I was thinking only of moving myself forward.

You're here. So be here, dear one. You're okay with us for now.

It's what most of us have to give a few times over the course of our lives: to love with a mindfully clear sense of purpose, even when it feels outrageous to do so. Even when you'd rather put on your steel-toed boots and scream. Give it. You won't regret it. It will come out in the reckoning.

I choose to love this time for once with all my intelligence