Quotes About Mindfulness

Secret of Adulthood: Make sure the things we do to make ourselves feel better don't make us feel worse.

the habit of bed making is correlated with a sense of greater well-being and higher productivity. Other common broken windows include having a messy car; accumulating piles of laundry or trash; not being able to find important items, like a passport or a phone charger; hanging on to stacks of newspapers, magazines, and catalogs; wearing pajamas or sweats all day; or not shaving or showering

by mindfully shaping our habits, we can harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.

Eventually, I decided to count my daily walk or cross-country ski as a treat—my time for myself in a day otherwise filled with responsibilities. Somehow, that made it much easier to make it a priority.

To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth.

It's a Secret of Adulthood: Make sure the things we do to make ourselves feel better don't make us feel worse.

I had everything I could possibly want—yet I was failing to appreciate it. Bogged down in petty complaints and passing crises, weary of struggling with my own nature, I too often failed to comprehend the splendor of what I had.

Any single happy experience may be amplified or minimized, depending on how much attention you give it.

happiness is not having less; happiness is not having more; happiness is wanting what I have.

To eke out the most happiness from an experience, we must anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall a happy memory. Any single happy experience may be amplified or minimized, depending on how much attention you give it.

there is no Future-Gretchen, only Now-Gretchen.

It is by studying little things, that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

When I felt like snacking out of boredom, if I put on perfume or did something else to gratify one of my senses, my impulse to snack faded away.

studies show that the absence of feeling bad isn't enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good. One

These tasks weren't urgent (which was the reason they didn't get done), but because they weighed on my mind, they sapped my energy.

Enjoy now." If I can enjoy the present, I don't need to count on the happiness that is (or isn't) waiting for me in the future. The fun part doesn't come later, now is the fun part. That's another reason I feel lucky to enjoy my work so much. If you're doing something that you don't enjoy and you don't have the gratification of success, failure is particularly painful. But doing what you love is itself the reward.

I should monitor whatever is essential to me. In that way, I ensure that my life reflects my values.

I had everything that I could wish for; I wanted to make my home happier by appreciating how much happiness was already there.

Experts say that denying bad feelings intensifies them; acknowledging

Being asleep is a great way to avoid being critical.

Studies show that recalling happy times helps boost happiness in the present. When people reminisce, they focus on positive memories, with the result that recalling the past amplifies the positive and minimizes the negative.

Research suggests that people feel more in control and less anxious when engaged in habit behavior.

else. Self-measurement brings self-awareness, and self-awareness strengthens our self-control.

Gratitude brings freedom from envy, because when you're grateful for what you have, you're not consumed with wanting something different or something more. That, in turn, makes it easier to live within your means and also to be generous to others.