Quotes About Mindfulness

There are so many good reasons to stop complaining if you want to live a more creative life.

people's judgments about you are none of your business.

I would like to spend the rest of my days in a place so silent—and working at a pace so slow—that I would be able to hear myself living.

Train them to pay attention to their choices. (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle are good ideas, he would lecture, but those three concepts should only be the last resort. What you really need to focus on are two other words that also begin with R- Reconsider and Refuse. Before you even acquire the disposable good, ask yourself why you need this consumer product. And then turn it down. Refuse it. You can.)

Elizabeth Gilbert

Just remember- all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it up again when you leave.

We were too distracted by our own story to pay much attention to all the wonders that were laid before us.

people's judgements about you are none of your business

The other problem with all this swinging through the vines of thought is that you are never where you are. You are always digging in the past or poking at the future, but rarely do you rest in this moment.

Mandale luz y amor cuando te acuerdes de él y olvídate del tema

Once I got the hang of it, I found that eating alone by the window in a quiet restaurant is one of life's greatest secret pleasures.

The other day in prayer I said to God, Look - I understand that an unexamined life is not worth living, but do you think I could someday have an unexamined lunch?.

You are always digging in the past or poking at the future, but rarely do you rest in this moment.

un cierto grado de desapego inteligente puede ser un valioso instrumento de paz en esta vida.

It matters./It doesn't matter. Build space in your head for this paradox. Build as much space for it as you can. Build even more space. You will need it. And then go deep within that space—as far in as you can possibly go—and make absolutely whatever you want to make. It's

Well, you can't have too much conscience about things!" said Gladys. "Or else you'll never stop worrying!" And that, I'm afraid, was the extent of our moral agonies. Subject closed.

Instead of trying to forcefully take thoughts out of your mind, give your mind something better to play with. Something healthier.

Cease partiicipation, if only for one day this year --- if only to make sure that we don't lose forever the rare and vanishing human talent of appreciating ease.

You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it's like you have four legs, instead of two. That way, you can stay in the world. But you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead. That way, you will know God.

count your eggs while they're still up inside the chicken's ass

Ever try to take a toy away from a toddler? They don't like that, do they? They start kicking and screaming. Best way to take a toy away from a toddler is distract the kid, give him something else to play with. Divert his attention. Instead of trying to forcefully take thoughts out of your mind, give your mind something better to play with. Something healthier." "Like what?" "Like love, Groceries. Like pure divine love.

If you clear out all that space in your mind that you're using right now to obsess about this guy, you'll have a vacuum there, an open spot—a doorway. And guess what the universe will do with that doorway? It will rush in—God will rush in—and fill you with more love than you ever dreamed.

Ideas of every kind are constantly galloping towards us, constantly passing through us, constantly trying to get our attention. Let them know you are available.

She's got this ability to shut me up when I start fretting over metaphysical questions, such as, "What is the nature of the universe?