Monks understand that routine frees your mind, but the biggest threat to that freedom is monotony. People complain about their poor memories, but I’ve heard it said that we don’t have a retention problem, we have an attention problem.
JAY SHETTYRemember, saying whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, is not freedom. Real freedom is not feeling the need to say these things.
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Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
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Fear makes us fiction writers.
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Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
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Yesterday is but a dream. Tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
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Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.
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Find me someone who has gone to the darkest parts of their own character where they were so close to their own self-destruction and found a way to get up and out of it, and I will bow on my knees to you. You’re my teacher.
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Every night when I’m falling asleep, I say to myself, I am relaxed, energized, and focused. I am calm, enthusiastic, and productive.
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Salt is so humble that when something goes wrong, it takes the blame, and when everything goes right, it doesn’t take credit.
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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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The arrogant ego desires respect, whereas the humble worker inspires respect.
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When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life
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No matter how much we grow, we are never free of daily chores and routines, but to be enlightened is to embrace them. The outside may look the same, but inside you are transformed.
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Higher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
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To walk down the same old path and find a new stone is to open your mind.
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When you try to live your most authentic life, some of your relationships will be put in jeopardy. Losing them is a risk worth bearing; finding a way to keep them in your life is a challenge worth taking on.
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