black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we’re continually missing our present moments, almost willfully, by not paying attention.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Action Compassionate Cultivate Life Love Mindset Yourself
If you look at people out on the street, if you look at people at restaurants, nobody’s having conversations anymore. They’re sitting at dinner looking at their phone, because their brain is so addicted to it.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Addiction Brain Conversation People Yourself
Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Chance Death Live Ourselves Risk Wake Up
Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Arise Hold On Moments Reject Seek Wisdom
Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Deep Myself Place See Simplicity Wisdom
All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Addiction Preparation Sight Stress Suffering Yourself
Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Attention Judgment Mindset Moments Pay Present Purpose
In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Defect Moments Practice
Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Aware Judgement Moments Practice
Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else’s. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else’s journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?
JON KABAT-ZINN

Imitation Journey Path Preparation Respect True Unique Way Yourself
You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Alive Moments Yourself
He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Death Deep Himself Philosophy
In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Let Go Magic Moments Special Time
When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Certain Experience Present Soul View
See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn’t bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Happiness Hold On Let Go Satisfaction
Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Deserve Dignity Reminder Time Worth

The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we’re continually missing our present moments, almost willfully, by not paying attention.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we’re continually missing our present moments, almost willfully, by not paying attention.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes