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.
JAY SHETTYWhen we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.
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Finally, get involved in something that’s meaningful to you—a hobby, a charity, a political cause.
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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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Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps, and whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.
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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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Revenge is the mode of ignorancev-vit’s often said that you can’t fix yourself by breaking someone else.
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But when we look for the good in others, we start to see the best in ourselves too.
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We think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
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It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.
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Treat yourself with the same love and respect you want to show to others.
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Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.
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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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You don’t get to be a jerk just because you’re skilled.
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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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We say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love
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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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You are who you are when no one is watching.
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Strengthened my resolve.
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Most of our communication is nonverbal.
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Fear makes us fiction writers.
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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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What’s on your news feed is feeding your mind.
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We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.
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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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Be here now.
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