In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
JON KABAT-ZINNMake a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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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.
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Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.
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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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But you cannot have harmony without a commitment to ethical behavior. It’s the fence that keeps out the goats that will eat all the young shoots in your garden.
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Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?
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When you’re walking, just walk. When you’re eating, just eat. Not in front of the TV, not with the newspaper. It turns out, that’s huge.
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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Perhaps the most “spiritual” thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.
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Meditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavor I know of being where you already are.
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