Can you feel that starting where you are,
and relating from where you are,
is much more empowering than starting
with the demand that it be otherwise?
Phillip Moffitt
Wanting it to be otherwise
Tag: Mindfulness
Sunday Quote: The inner voice
You will never be able to escape from your heart.
So it is better to listen to what it has to say
Paolo Coehlo, The Alchemist
Open your eyes
One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself
“What if I had never seen this before?”
What if I knew I would never see it again?
Rachel Carson, 1907 – 1964, American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist
Threatened
The peace that we are looking for is not peace that crumbles as soon as there is difficulty or chaos. Whether we’re seeking inner peace or global peace or a combination of the two, the way to experience it is to build on the foundation of unconditional openness to all that arises.
Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened.
Pema Chodron, Taking the Leap, Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
Simple truth
No amount of anxiety
makes any difference
to anything that is going to happen
Alan Watts
Comparing
The real essence of good is found only within things under your own control.
If you keep this in mind, you won’t find yourself feeling jealous or lonely, pitifully comparing yourself and your accomplishments to others.
Epictetus, died 135 AD, Stoic philosopher, Enchiridion, Chapter 19
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