Quotes About Mindfulness

But if you don't see and accept things as they actually are, you won't know how to act. Or you might be overwhelmed by fear, and that fear might cloud the mind just when you most need clarity and equanimity, or at least, if clarity and equanimity seem elusive, just when you need to be aware of the fear so that you can find ways to work with it rather than have it work against you.

By taking a few moments to "die on purpose" to the rush of time while you are still living, you free yourself to have time for the present. By "dying" now in this way, you actually become more alive now.

things already are perfect, perfectly what they are.

Dr. Lown's story graphically illustrates the enormous power that strongly held beliefs, which are in actuality just thoughts, can have on our health.

The interesting thing about this work is that we don't really do anything for them. If we tried, I think, we would fail miserably. Instead we invite them to do something radically new for themselves

The best way to capture moments is to pay attention.

Ultimately, it is our mindlessness that imprisons us. We get better and better at being out of touch with the full range of our possibilities, and more and more stuck in our cultivated-over-a-lifetime habits of not-seeing, but only reacting and blaming.

Work at allowing more things to unfold in your life without forcing them to happen and without rejecting the ones that don't fit your idea of what "should" be happening.

The only way you can do anything of value is to have the effort come out of non-doing and to let go of caring whether it will be of use or not.

Mostly we run around doing. Are you able to come to a stop in your life, even for one moment? Could it be this moment? What would happen if you did?

It involves intentionally doing only one thing at a time and making sure I am here for it.

In fact, the word "Buddha" simply means one who has awakened to his or her own true nature.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts…. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face?

When we are anxious about what is going to happen next, we are not staying in our now!

One may suffer the long-term in order to grow in appreciation for the small things. For in short-term suffering, one only notices the large.

I feel sad for the people who I hear always plan, plan, plan the next day's event to occur. Life only stands still for them.

Did you know that each day that dawns, you are in "TODAY?" Stay in "Today" and you will never have to worry about tomorrow. God will take care of tomorrow.

Consider every choice carefully, no matter how small, for it will affect the bigger decisions you make.

Don't think about sharks when you are walking on water.

Be the good & seek the good. Faith fights anxieties… go after your faith with body, mind & soul.

True peace is not found in external circumstances, but within ones own heart.

Peace ... was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self made possible.

Nobody said it's going to be easy. You have to dig into yourself. Think about your family. Think about the journey itself. THINK IN THE MOMENT.

All I can do is worry about me and my family. I don't really worry about anybody else, they have to do what works for them