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In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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Incredible Practice Writing
Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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Act Love Sanity Stop
See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn’t bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.
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Happiness Hold On Let Go Satisfaction
This is something called “walking meditation.” The goal is to learn to be aware of each and every movement and feeling. I know it seems ridiculous, but it does change the way you experience walking.
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Change Experience Feeling Goal Learning Meditation Moment Myself Walk
Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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Arrive Desire Illusion Place
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.
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Arise Hold On Moments Reject Seek Wisdom
We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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Best Care Future Present Time
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.
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Addiction Brain Conversation People Yourself
Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
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Deserve Dignity Reminder Time Worth
We must be willing to encounter darkness and despair when they come up and face them, over and over again if need be, without running away or numbing ourselves in the thousands of ways we conjure up to avoid the unavoidable.
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Avoid Darkness Face Way Willing
The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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Moments Wisdom Worth
Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.
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Activity Human Improvement Intention Meditation Simplicity System Yourself
Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It’s a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.
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Aspect Breathe Calm Concentration Focus Meditation Place Training Wonderful
No one can listen to your body for you. To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.
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Body Growth Healing Listening Responsibility Yourself
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.
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Action Compassionate Cultivate Life Love Mindset Yourself
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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Choice Inspirational Learning Stop Wave Yourself

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