When you’re brushing, just brush. When you’re showering, just shower.
JAY SHETTYIt is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.
More Jay Shetty Quotes
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All things are temporary and that we can’t truly own or control anything.
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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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Remember, 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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We say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love
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When someone hurts you, it’s because they’re hurt. Their hurt is simply spilling over. They need help.
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It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
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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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Fear makes us fiction writers.
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I am happy about who I am becoming. I am open to all opportunities and possibilities. I am worthy of real love. I am ready to serve with all I have.
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If you follow your bliss, he said, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else
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What’s on your news feed is feeding your mind.
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We think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
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Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.
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Being present is the only way to live a truly rich and full life.
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So people who come to this place, stay here for a while, and then continue their journey. Sounds like a hotel to me.
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Never trust a spiritual leader who cannot dance.
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A monk mind practices detachment. We realize that everything—from our houses to our families—is borrowed.
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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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Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
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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.
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Actually, the greatest detachment is being close to everything and not letting it consume and own you. That’s real strength.
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Your dharma has to fill a need in the world
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I wish is code for I don’t want to do anything differently.
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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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Because the only thing that stays with you from the moment you’re born until the moment you die is your breath. All your friends, your family, the country you live in, all of that can change. The one thing that stays with you is your breath.
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Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally—it is usually not about you.
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