Quotes About Mindfulness

No se puede ejercer la memoria hasta que uno se ha retirado de la fuente del recuerdo.

First principle of life: Breathe.

Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to kill the flesh is to starve it; to stop feeding it.

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

You can control yourself if you really want to. I'll tell you how I know you can control yourself. If you were in a full fledged emotional temper tantrum in your house and I knocked on your front door..... Come on! Let me tell you what, you would get control of yourself, and it would only take a few seconds.

Sometime we get so addicted to murmuring about the past and blaming the past for everything that we miss our whole future. You're not going to enjoy your future, and you're not going to enjoy your right now, if all you can do is be guilty and ashamed and afraid of your past.

You can enjoy anything if you make up your mind to.

Don't just try to "make it" through the day. Celebrate the day. Say, "This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it" (see Psalm 118:24). Don't dread the day; attack the day. Know what you want to accomplish today and go for it.

All of us have the privilege and responsibility of choosing our attitudes, no matter what circumstances or situations we find ourselves in. The key word here is choosing. Attitudes don't just happen; they are the products of our choices.

Millions of people miss today because either they refuse to let go of the past or they worry about the future.

You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You. Isaiah 26:3

The mind should not be filled with reasoning, worry, anxiety, fear, and the like. It should be calm, quiet, and serene. As

being a garbage dump for other people does not promote peace for me, and I want peace more than I want to know what is going on in everyone else's life.

I think a lot of our bad habits are simply the result of being in too big a hurry to do a thing right to start with.

I encourage you to examine your life, to pay attention to your thoughts and your words, and to see how much thanksgiving you express. Do you murmur and complain about things or are you thankful?

We often bow down to our feelings without realizing how fickle and unreliable they are.

Make a list of your blessings and read them out loud anytime you feel yourself starting to sink emotionally.

Don't just try to "make it" through the day. Celebrate the day. Say, "This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it" (see Psalm 118:24).

As you wander on through life, brother, whatever be your goal, keep your eye upon the donut and not upon the hole.

The present moment is the greatest gift we have from God, but if we are not present we miss it.

Pay attention to the condition of your mind and keep it free, peaceful, and full of faith.

Eliminate Worry from Your Vocabulary

You can fight the feelings of depression by reminding yourself of blessings in your life. You can listen to music or sing. Even getting your mind off yourself by doing something kind for someone else will help immensely. Don't forget that our moods are connected to our thoughts; therefore, I urge you to take notice of what you're thinking about when you feel depressed. You may find the source of your problem.

What we think leads to the words that come out of our mouths. What we think and speak may be one of our most important habits because it determines the other habits in our lives. In my opinion, thoughts and words are the starting point for forming all good habits and breaking all bad habits.