Quotes About Mindfulness

I like to believe that everything in my house, from towels all the same colour, to the coffee machine where I press one button, is there just to make my life simple, but I'm realizing that they are all there to make sure I don't think.

If you can break a day down into quarters, then hours then half hours then minutes, you can chew down any stretch of time into bite sized.

To think of you is to pray for you.

Exchange every erupting thought for just one: the name of Jesus.

Our souls are satisfied one sip at a time.

The 4Rs: Recognize. Release. Respond. Receive.

You can't think yourself into new ways of acting; You only can act yourself into new ways of thinking.

There's never a good time for Mindfulness, and there's never a bad time. Mindfulness is one of those things you simply do, because if you practice being aware - completely open to the universe, just exactly as it is - you will transform your life in time.

Acceptance can transform but if you accept in order to transform, it is not acceptance. It is like loving. Love seeks no reward but when given freely comes back a hundredfold. He who loses his life finds it. He who accepts, changes.

Acceptance is the only way out of hell.

Wisdom and freedom require the ability to allow the natural flow of emotions to come and go, experiencing emotions but not being controlled by emotions. Always having to prevent or suppress emotions is a form of being controlled by emotions.

When we are free, we can look in the face of our cravings and desires and say "I don't have to satisfy you.

Acceptance is the freedom from needing your cravings satisfied.

With every choice you make, be conscious of what need it serves.

Steps to expressing anger: 1. Stop. Breathe. 2. Identify our judgmental thoughts. 3. Connect with our needs. 4. Express our feelings and unmet needs.

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity." — THE BUDDHA

Somos peligrosos cuando no somos conscientes de nuestra responsabilidad hacia cómo nos comportamos, pensamos y sentimos.

I had a major conflict with what went on in his head, but I've learned that I enjoy human beings more if I don't hear what they think.

It's not what you do that counts, it's the quality of your attention.

the dangers of a language that implies absence of choice

Instead of habitual, automatic reactions, our words become conscious responses based firmly on awareness of what we are perceiving, feeling, and wanting.

Don't just do something, stand there.

I'd suggest the best time to interrupt is when we've heard one word more than we want to hear.

What is the life that is going on in me at this moment?