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 SHETTYNever trust a spiritual leader who cannot dance.
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When 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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Tracking my fear of exam results and the other branch fears that appeared led me to the root: fearing I couldn’t make my parents happy
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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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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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Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
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What’s on your news feed is feeding your mind.
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Being present is the only way to live a truly rich and full life.
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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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Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.
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Treat yourself with the same love and respect you want to show to others.
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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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Live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody.
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Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
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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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