Quotes About Mindfulness

Ze moet het huis uit, en haar hoofd uit. Zolang we in een bekende omgeving zijn, blijven we hangen in ons hoofd, met al die onzinnige gedachten waar we niets mee opschieten. In het buitenlans léven we in onze zintuigen; dan nemen we al die nieuwe en prachtige taferelen, geuren en geluiden in ons op. We stijgen uit boven het zinloze gepruttel van onze gedachten en leven volkomen in het nu. Fairfield Park -

The Now is the only thing that is real, anyway

You are your life, so your life is wherever you are.

It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.

Papá siempre decía que lo que le fascinaba de la pesca era la tranquilidad. De pie en la orilla, rodeado de un bosque de pinos o con medio cuerpo dentro del agua, decía que encontraba la posición perfecta para meditar o simplemente para poner la mente en blanco. Yo ahora sospecho que lo de le gustaba era el silencio. Cada minuto con la boca cerrada era un tiempo ganado a las cosas de las que no quería hablar

Actually, it's not so much that I've forgotten. It's more like I've stopped keeping track.

in a world of chaos and ticking clocks, live for the moments that keep you still

Because I am exactly where I should be, doing exactly what I should be doing. That is peace. Eat." Peter

Sometimes, I don't notice I'm singing.

Life doesn't have to be only anxiety about what's gone wrong, and complaints about the world around you.

Only, don`t mistake a new place for a new you. I`ve done that more than once. You asked me before why I stay here. Maybe that`s why, he said, now that I think about it. Might as well deal with myself right here. It`s as good a place as any.

Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words.

The world is speaking to you every day, you just don't know how to listen.

This was how I was dealing with everyone and everything lately, taking the good when it came, and the bad the same way, knowing each would pass in its own time.

Sometimes, fewer choices can be a good thing.

It wasn't so much that I was positive. I just wasn't fully subscribing to such a negative way of thinking anymore.

Once, she'd been a pro at decompressing, loved to sit on the back deck of the beach house in one of our splintery Adirondack chairs for hours at a time, staring at the ocean. She never had a book or the paper or anything else to distract her. Just the horizon, but it kept her attention, her gaze unwavering. Maybe it was the absence of thought that she loved about being out there, the world narrowing to just the pounding of the waves as the water moved in and out.

It felt like I'd taken everything for granted up until right now, when suddenly my entire world and all in it became precious and fleeting. I should have paid more attention, soaked it in more. Which you always realize once it's getting too late to do just that.

Life's too short to worry about the little things. Enjoy what you have today, not what you might get tomorrow

Maybe it was the absence of thought that she loved about being out there, the world narrowing to just the pounding of the waves as the water moved in and out.

Now, don't panic," he said, putting his hand on my arm. "Breathe. And just appreciate, for a minute, the freedom in this chaos.

I couldn't remember the last time I'd seen her actually relax and sit still in a way that made it obvious she wasn't already thinking about the next six things she had to do, and maybe the six after that

To appreciate quiet one must accept less excitement.

I am consciously surrendering conciousness.