Quotes About Mindfulness

Tapas is not a penance, it's a mental training to develop will power

When you REACT you are giving away your power. When you RESPOND you are staying in control of yourself.

The only thing truly within our power, may be whether or not we will behave in each moment with arrogance or reverence.

Use wisely your power of choice.

Financial fitness is not pipe dream or a state of mind it's a reality if you are willing to pursue it and embrace it.

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

When you find youself in a hole - stop digging.

Never miss a good chance to shut up." ? Will Rogers

Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.

Don't let yesterday take too much of today

mindfulness - it isn't a trick or a gimmick. It's being present in the moment. When I'm with you, I'm with you. Right now. That's all. No more and no less.

Kabat-Zinn writes, "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

The idea is that if you practice the Naikan part of Constructive Living, life becomes a series of small miracles, and you may start to notice everything that goes right in a typical life and not the few things that go wrong.

two different kinds of Japanese psychotherapies, one based on getting people to stop using feelings as an excuse for their actions and the other based on getting people to practice gratitude.

I particularly like that last phrase," Mom said. "About protecting your own happiness.

Why did I always need to do something, like referring one person to another, just for the sake of doing something, when sometimes, perhaps, it was better to do nothing?

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally," writes Kabat-Zinn. "This kind of attention nurtures greater awareness, clarity, and acceptance of present-moment reality.

Books focused her mind, calmed her, took her outside of herself;

Kabat-Zinn writes, "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." OBAMA

The latter therapy has its roots in a philosophy called Naikan, developed by Ishin Yoshimoto. Naikan reminds people to be grateful for everything. If you are sitting in a chair, you need to realize that someone made that chair, and someone sold it, and someone delivered it—and you are the beneficiary of all that. Just because they didn't do it especially for you doesn't mean you aren't blessed to be using it and enjoying it.

He longed for a minute that didn't matter: perhaps for time to take a nap or watch something silly on television without feeling guilt or regret. He needed relief from the feeling that he was wasting precious time, not the added pressure of life's greatest to-do list. I now realize that humans require down time. Quiet time is necessary to process all that happens to us on a daily basis—let alone over the course of a life.