Quotes About Mindfulness

Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.

O teach me how I should forget to think (1.1.224)

O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! - Cassio (Act II, Scene iii)

Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners.

Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts; ... Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them ...

Be not lost So poorly in your thoughts.

Sofremos demasiado pelo pouco que nos falta e alegramo-nos pouco pelo muito que temos...

I think he would not wish himself anywhere but where he is.

What matters it what went before or after, Now with myself I will begin and end.

Perhaps, he thought, if I only think of this second, this moment, the train won't come at all. Think of the water, think of now.

As Carl Rogers, one of the founders of humanistic psychology, once noted: "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I change.

that gratitude for life came from being happy

He who lives not in time, but in the present, is happy. —LUDWIG VON WITTGENSTEIN

1. Put Yourself in Your Shoes. Can you notice the inner critic at work—and simply observe your thoughts and feelings without judging? What underlying needs do your feelings point to? What do you really need? 2. Develop Your Inner BATNA. Are you blaming anyone or anything for your needs not being met? What benefit does this blame provide you—and what are the costs? Can you commit to take care of your deepest needs no matter what?

3. Reframe Your Picture. Do you feel like life is in some way against you? How can you make your own happiness today? If life is challenging, can you nonetheless choose to say yes to it, just the way it is? 4. Stay in the Zone. Are you carrying any resentments about the past or anxieties about the future? What will it take to let go and accept life as it is today? What is one small step you can take to stay in the zone, where you are at your best?

5. Respect Them Even If. Are you feeling any antagonism toward anyone? What is it like to be in their shoes? Even if they are not showing you respect, can you still respect them? 6. Give and Receive. Do you feel a fear of scarcity in any situation you are currently facing? What will it take for you to change the game from taking to giving, from win-lose to win-win-win?

Take a deep breath and focus on your purpose—your Yes—in this situation. Ask yourself what you really want and what is really important here. In other words, shift from being reactive and focused on No, to being proactive and focused on Yes.

By pausing, if only for a few seconds and taking a few slow, deep breaths, we can begin to slow down our heart rate and relax our tensed muscles. We can then focus more effectively on what response will best advance our interests.

If there is a single lesson I have learned, it is this: in life, we are destined to lose many things. That is the nature of life. Never mind. Just don't lose the present. Nothing is worth it. There is nothing more important than "this," the fullness of life right now.

My friend Donna even likes to give humorous names to her reactive emotions such as "Freddy Fear," "Judge Judy," and "Anger Annie.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

Everything is habit forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.

Quit being so busy and learn quiet, to quit talking so much and learn silence.

The Sun will not rise or set without my notice and thanks.