Quotes About Mindfulness

Just listening to music for its own sake, not listening to the people around you and not filtered through what you know about the musician's personal life.

Levántate al menos una hora antes de tener que sentarte ante la pantalla del ordenador. El correo electrónico aniquila la mente.

Prepara una taza de té (a mí me gusta el pu-erh) y siéntate

Obras de Pema Chödrön:

Con cada una de esas tareas plantéate esta pregunta: «Si esto fuera lo único que hiciera en este día, ¿me daría por satisfecho por hoy?».

Here is what Murakami has to say about running, which can be applied to anything: Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you're running and you think, "Man, this hurts, I can't take it anymore." The "hurt" part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.

There is no way to happiness—happiness is the way." –THICH NHAT HANH

Si te distraes o empiezas a posponerlo, no pierdas los nervios ni caigas en la espiral negativa; retoma con docilidad la tarea número UNO.

The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential . . . in Business and in Life, Essential Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change, Briefly, and several other books.

Si sientes continuamente la contraproducente necesidad de tener volumen de trabajo y de hacer muchas cosas, escribe esto en un post-it:

If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say and why? "You are good enough, just as you are. Breathe, and relax into the moment.

The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and the Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long.»

What do you need right now in order to be happy? Do you need anything other than what is happening right now in order to be happy?" That orients me right away toward what I care about.

Live. Give. Forgive." They are by far the most important things in life.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." –Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome and Stoic philosopher, author of Meditations

It is imperative that you learn to ignore or redirect all information and interruptions that are irrelevant, unimportant, or unactionable. Most are all three.

Si lo que tienes es estrés, recurre a Pema.

Siddhartha: "I can think, I can wait, I can fast.

Eating Out Jar, Happiness Jar, and others.

No, no lo estoy". Porque tengo mi tiempo bajo control. Estoy por encima de él. Me da la impresión de que "ocupado" implica "fuera de control". Como: "Oh, Dios mío, estoy tan ocupado. ¡No tengo tiempo para esta mierda!". A mí me suena a que esa persona no gobierna el timón de su vida.»

The phrase that I probably use the most to myself in my head is just one word: accept.

In a world where we emphasize the creation of new products through rapid iteration and experimentation, we often forget to step back and make sure that the future we are racing to is one we truly want to create.

Living Well" (Barron's, March 20, 2006, Suzanne McGee). 4. Goldian VandenBroeck, ed. From Less Is More: An Anthology of Ancient and Modern Voices Raised in Praise of Simplicity (Inner Traditions, 1996).

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. ~