Quotes About Mindfulness

There are two things that are most difficult to get people to do: to think, and to do things in order of importance." He

Focusing on the destination is not a good idea. Tomorrow may come; it may not. The only place we really have any power is in the present.

It's about attitude.

Tame your tongue. If you sometimes overreact emotionally, a first step to improvement is to stop yourself from saying things you shouldn't. The next time you want to lash out, hold your tongue for five minutes, and give yourself a chance to cool down and look at things more rationally. Use this strategy repeatedly and you will find yourself in better command of your emotions.

stress this enough: if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away.

The Buddhists have a phrase for this—"Beginner's Mind"—expressing how experience can be more vivid when it's not dulled by familiarity.

Because, as we all know, it's easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it's also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we're not so sure about." ? John Cleese

Do your best to avoid stress and try to enjoy life. Quit thinking so much. Why complicate life? It's already complicated enough.

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.

Love is like an hourglass, when the mind is empty, the heart is full.

5 Rules of Happiness: 1. Don't hate 2. Don't worry 3. Give more 4. Expect less 5. Live simply

Stop thinking about a million other things that will pass and resolve themselves and enjoy the moment... because you will never have the same moment again.

Stop worrying about people who ain't worried about you.

I'm not saying I'm giving up. I'm just trying not to think as much as I use to.

The more you complain about something, the more of that something you invite into your life. Cut it out.

It's truly amazing what you can accomplish in a day when you aren't constantly worried about what everyone else in the world thinks.

Refuse to worry. You won't gain anything by worrying... in fact, you lose precious moments that you can never get back. To worry only steals your peace and joy.

You will never agree to spend another moment with worried thoughts and feelings once you realize that they don't care about you at all!

The quickest route to happiness is to stop caring about finding happiness and to start being happiness.

We neglect to realize that sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to stop participating in the problem. Sometimes the best way to to solve a problem is to just stop caring.

The cure for a hardened heart is to keep a total commitment to keep your MINDstate on the Lord! The key to perfect peace is to trust God enough to keep your mind on God's promises whenever you are faced with the constant distractions of this world.

I've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it.

The art of living is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

Instead of being affected to the things that make you feel bad, why not smile and let it pass.