Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally—it is usually not about you.
JAY SHETTYMonks 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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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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We think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
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Most of our communication is nonverbal.
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We say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love
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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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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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Good thing, bad thing, who knows.
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We don’t have to do everything, that we can’t do everything, that what I can’t do is someone else’s gift and responsibility. My limitations make space for the gifts of other people
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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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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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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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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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A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
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Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.
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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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