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A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.

Jay Shetty

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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Choice Ego Ignorance Personal Story Time Yourself
We can’t stop our parents from dying, but we use the fear to remind us to spend more time with them.
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Death Fear Ourselves Parents Stop Time
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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Appearance Enlightenment Freedom Growth Transformation Yourself
You are who you are when no one is watching.
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Alone Deep Identity Personality Reality Yourself
Strengthened my resolve.
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Myself Strength
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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Journey Myself Place Sound Stay
When we bluff our way through life, pretending to be who we are not, we end up looking worse than we truly are.
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Appearance End Life Pretend True Worst
Our values are influenced by whatever absorbs our minds.
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Influence Mindset Ourselves Value
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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Attention Boredom Complaint Freedom Memories Mindset People Poor Problem Understand
When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life.
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Breathe Learning Life Management Situation Yourself
All things are temporary and that we can’t truly own or control anything.
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Control Philosophy Spiritual Temporary True
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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Authentic Challenge Life Live Lose Relationship Risk Try Worth Yourself
Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
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Feeling Ourselves Philosophy Search Thinking
It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.
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Build Happiness Impossible
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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Calm Energy Enthusiasm Focus Myself Night Production Relax Sleep
To walk down the same old path and find a new stone is to open your mind.
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Mindset Old Open Path Walk Yourself

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