Jack Kornfield on care
Jack Kornfield72 quotes“Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.”
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Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, “I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you’re knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield We can always begin again.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
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BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
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More on care
That we live in a post-truth society today, and that we don’t care, that we have lost empathy. We have stopped caring for each other in a way. We have stopped thinking long-term and sustainable. And that’s something that goes much deeper than just climate crisis deniers.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie You deserve a good man. Who tells you he cares. Who listens when you speak. Who chooses you above the rest.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony I mastered the art of not caring and wow it made me more daring.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia I can take care of myself but still its nice knowing you love me enough to do the same.
Quinn ZukowskiQuinn Zukowski I don’t care what kind it is, just get me a beer.
Prince PhilipPrince Philip Nobody loves you till you dead that when they might care.
Polo GPolo G Don’t take me for granted while I care cuz when I’m gone I’m not looking back.
Polo GPolo G
