If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
THICH NHAT HANHThe greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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