Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
JON KABAT-ZINNMeditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavor I know of being where you already are.
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No one can listen to your body for you. To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.
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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it’s also one that has the potential for the deepest kinds of satisfactions over the life span, and the greatest feelings of interconnectedness and community and belonging.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.
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Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.
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Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else’s. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else’s journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?
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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world.
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