Quotes About Mindfulness

it is not the land that is broken, but our relationship to it. Restoration is imperative for healing the earth, but reciprocity is imperative for long-lasting, successful restoration. Like other mindful practices, ecological restoration can be viewed as an act of reciprocity in which humans exercise their caregiving responsibility for the ecological systems that sustain them. We restore the land, the land restores us.

When you have all the time in the world, you can spend it, not on going somewhere, but on being where you are. So I stretch out, close my eyes, and listen to the rain.

Like other mindful practices, ecological restoration can be viewed as an act of reciprocity in which humans exercise their caregiving responsibility for the ecosystems that sustain them. We restore the land, and the land restores us.

The difficulty of digging is an important constraint. Not everything should be convenient.

However alluring the thought of warmth, there is no substitute for standing in the rain to waken every sense - senses that are muted within four walls, where my attention would be on me instead of all that is more than me.

If there is meaning in the past and in the imagined future, it is captured in the moment. When you have all the time in the world, you can spend it, not on going somewhere, but on being where you are.

You have to concentrate; you have to give yourself to the listening. It takes effort, especially in a time when we are accustomed to sound bites and immediate gratification.

You can't listen to the Thanksgiving Address without feeling wealthy. And, while expressing gratitude seems innocent enough, it is a revolutionary idea.

Breathe in its scent and you start to remember things you didn't know you'd forgotten.

We put our minds together as one and thank all the birds who move and fly about over our heads. The Creator gave them the gift of beautiful songs. Each morning they greet the day and with their songs remind us to enjoy and appreciate life. The Eagle was chosen to be their leader and to watch over the world. To all the Birds, from the smallest to the largest, we send our joyful greetings and thanks. Now our minds are one.

We gather our minds to greet and thank the enlightened Teachers who have come to help throughout the ages. When we forget how to live in harmony, they remind us of the way we were instructed to live as people. With one mind, we send greetings and thanks to these caring Teachers. Now our minds are one.

We have now arrived at the place where we end our words. Of all the things we have named, it is not our intention to leave anything out. If something was forgotten, we leave it to each individual to send such greetings and thanks in their own way. And now our minds are one.

Gratitude doesn't send you out shopping to find satisfaction; it comes as a gift rather than a commodity

You've been treading water," she said. "You're marking the years, not living them.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies—Nelson Mandela. "Enough,

Calming himself, he drew in a long breath and reminded

I already know when I'm being bad, and I don't need to be nagged by my underwear.

Tea reminds us to slow down and escape the pressures of modern life," he says

When you don't have much, having less isn't so bad.

You are not being punished for your anger. You're being punished by your anger.

When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut, misfortune can fall from above.

I reach for my clothes

Don't rehearse your problems, Dad always said. Meaning, we were only supposed to go through our problems when they were actually upon us.

I think the truth to living fully is to appreciate what we have, day by day, regardless of what we know might come our way.