It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
JAY SHETTYWe think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
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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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Yesterday is but a dream. Tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
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Pride is the cause of the most damaging fall for the soul.
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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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If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
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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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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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We think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
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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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Strengthened my resolve.
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What’s on your news feed is feeding your mind.
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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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When the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change, that is when we change
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The more we define ourselves in relation to the people around us, the more lost we are.
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