“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.”

― Bill Watterson

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“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense.”

― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations… Continue reading

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”

― Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life… Continue reading

The other day I read A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh to my boys. As we read one of my favorite passages, I realized that it would be a perfect thing to share here:

“…Pooh and Piglet walked home thoughtfully together in the golden evening, and for a long time they were silent.

‘When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,’ said Piglet at last, ‘what’s the first thing you say to yourself?’… Continue reading

“Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath.… Continue reading

“In the end, just three things matter:
How well we have lived
How well we have loved
How well we have learned to let go”
― Jack Kornfield… Continue reading

“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”

― Henry David Thoreau… Continue reading

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.”

― Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life… Continue reading

“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.”

― Amit Ray… Continue reading

“With mindfulness there is more to unlearn than there is to learn.”
― Michael H. Brooks, This. Only This … Continue reading