Quotes About Mindfulness

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.

There is an Indian proverb that says that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emtional, and a spiritual . Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time but unless we go into every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person.

A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy. Rumer Godden found in Power of Simple Living by Ellyn Sanna

The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don't go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch, The door is round and open Don't go back to sleep!

You go from village to village on your horse asking everyone, "Has anyone seen my horse?"

How can I know anything about the past or the future, when the light of the Beloved shines only Now.

This poetry. I never know what I'm going to say. I don't plan it. When I'm outside the saying of it, I get very quiet and rarely speak at all.

In Silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.

Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.

Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.

Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distances. That's not for human beings. Move within, but don't move the way fear makes you move.

Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible.

Who gets up early to discover the moment light begins?

This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

Happiness is wanting what you already have.

Never save bath bombs for later. Never wait for a special occasion to light candles. Don't wait to book a massage. Treat yourself to a spa day. Get yourself a colonic immediately. Now is the time. Your body is a temple. Serve it and it will serve you well.

Think healthy thoughts. Even if you have every right to complain, don't do it. If it's raining, learn to dance in the rain. You are the architect of your life. Please believe it and let that be the reason.

I've been a daydreamer since day one. I much prefer looking out a window over looking at my phone.

Catching a cold is your body's way of saying, "Bitch, you need to sit yo' ass down.

YOUR HEALTH IS THE MOST VALUABLE THING YOU HAVE. PROTECT IT.

Your body is a temple. Serve it and it will serve you well.

Live your life in the now, because you get to a certain age and you realize, "Wow, that was fast.

Why not put on your best everyday? Put your best foot forward. Even if it's just for yourself, even if it's for a trip to the grocery store.

A Quiet Mind Lord, give me a quiet mind, That I might listen; A gentle tone of voice, That I might comfort others; A sound and healthy body, That I might share In the joy of walking And leaping and running; And a good sense of direction So I might know just where I'm going!