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.
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.
JAY SHETTYWhen you’re brushing, just brush. When you’re showering, just shower.
JAY SHETTYHigher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
JAY SHETTYWe can’t stop our parents from dying, but we use the fear to remind us to spend more time with them.
JAY SHETTYThey are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego cage of I, me, and mine
JAY SHETTYAll things are temporary and that we can’t truly own or control anything.
JAY SHETTYSo people who come to this place, stay here for a while, and then continue their journey. Sounds like a hotel to me.
JAY SHETTYWe think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
JAY SHETTYWe are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.
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.
JAY SHETTYPride is the cause of the most damaging fall for the soul.
JAY SHETTYYou don’t get to be a jerk just because you’re skilled.
JAY SHETTYBeing present is the only way to live a truly rich and full life.
JAY SHETTYDon’t judge the moment.
JAY SHETTYFear makes us fiction writers.
JAY SHETTYToo often we love people who don’t love us, but we fail to return the love of others who do.
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