Quotes About Mindfulness

gained. We shouldn't allow the glories of technology to blind our inner watchdog to the possibility that we've numbed an essential part of our self.

true enlightenment comes only through contemplation and introspection.

It's not only deep thinking that requires a calm, attentive mind. It's also empathy and compassion.

I guess that's all forever is...Just one long trail of nows. And I guess all you can do is try and live one now at a time without getting too worked up about the last now or the next now.

I guess that's all forever is. Just one big long trail of nows. And I guess all you can do is try and live one now at a time without getting too worked up about the last now or the next now.

True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes.

Many of us like to use runs as a time to escape daily life, to think through problems, to get away from it all. In other words, when we run, we use our mental energy to deal with issues other than running. While this may be somewhat therapeutic, it won't make you a better runner.

the present is all that you ever have in life, and that these moments of magic are too precious to be ignored because you're too busy thinking about the next thing.

Being happy, it seems to me, requires wanting what you have, whereas being unhappy requires wanting something different.

Move fluidly by earth of water and stop to listen to the wind as it whispers your whereabouts. . . Savour the path and enjoy the sun.

If things don't go your way, you can change the way you feel about it.

Something just opened up inside me,' he'd say softly. 'I don't know what it is but I can feel it every day now. I don't take anything for granted anymore.

Who advised counting to 10? Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president of the United States. In his book entitled A Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life he wrote: "When angry, count to 10 before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.

She thrust her hands in her pockets and turned her snakestone over and over. She found it helped her think.

Be present, stay alert: the first rule of self-defense. But then I wouldn't be able to shut out the noise and stink and tension around me.

If you adjust your conscious filters to the appropriate setting, you can relax and let your subconscious take care of things. It's something I used to be good at.

Your body and your mind need to be clear, uncluttered, for what lies ahead.

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Silence while we both thought our thoughts.

I learnt that pain is only a message. You can choose to ignore the message. Your body can do a great deal more than it wants you to know.

They are noisy; their untidy feet snap twigs and kick stones without heed for what might hear.

One had to sit still and really quiet to really see, really hear.

She could no more stop thinking than stop breathing.

Hild did what she always she did when she couldn't influence a thing; she stopped thinking about it.