Quotes about Mindfulness

Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God. But only he who sees takes off his shoes. The rest sit round and pluck blackberries. 1806-1861 BRITISH POET

He was working hard at increasing his life span. He did it by cultivating boredom.

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

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.

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.

If you desire victory over your problems, if you truly want to live the resurrection life, you must have backbone and not just wishbone! You must be active—not passive. Right action begins with right thinking. Don't be passive in your mind. Start today choosing right thoughts.

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

We can't control what other people do and how they decide to treat us, but we can control our response to them. Don't let other people's behavior control you. Don't let them steal your joy; remember that your anger won't change them, but prayer can.

Learn to caste your care, but not your responsibility.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances, instead of your circumstances having power over you.

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.