“Mindfulness means
paying attention in a particular way;
On purpose,
in the present moment,
and nonjudgmentally.”
~Jon Kabat-Zinn
paying attention in a particular way;
On purpose,
in the present moment,
and nonjudgmentally.”
~Jon Kabat-Zinn
"Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).” ~ James Baraz
"Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone." ~ Louis L'Amour
"Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone." ~ Louis L'Amour
God bless this tiny little boat
And me who travels in it.
It stays afloat for years and years
And sinks within a minute.
It stays afloat for years and years
And sinks within a minute.
And so the soul in which we sail,
Unknown by years of thinking,
Is deeply felt and understood
The minute that it's sinking.
Unknown by years of thinking,
Is deeply felt and understood
The minute that it's sinking.
When the heart
Is cut or cracked or broken
Do not clutch it
Let the wound lie open.
Is cut or cracked or broken
Do not clutch it
Let the wound lie open.
Let the wind
From the good old sea blow in
To bathe the wound with salt
And let it sting.
From the good old sea blow in
To bathe the wound with salt
And let it sting.
Let a stray dog lick it
Let a bird lean in the hole and sing
A simple song like a tiny bell
And let it ring.
Let a bird lean in the hole and sing
A simple song like a tiny bell
And let it ring.
Let it go, let it out.
Let it all unravel.
Let it free and it can be
A path on which to travel.
~Michael Leunig, The Prayer Tree Let it all unravel.
Let it free and it can be
A path on which to travel.
“Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.” ~Mary Anne Radmacher
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." ~Marilyn Monroe
Our strengths can give us the energy and courage to admit our weaknesses and face them. ~Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~Maya Angelou
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. ~ Oprah
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. ~Abraham Maslow
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. ~ Buddha
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. ~ Jan Glidewell
The butterfly counts not months, but moments and has time enough ~ R. Tagore
In recovery we get a second chance to retrace and complete the developmental tasks that we never got to finish before. But that chance is not given to us, because in recovery we can learn that no one else any longer determines our destiny. Rather, by our own motivation and by setting healthy boundaries, we create it. By choosing recovery and risking to be real, we set the healthy boundaries that say, "I am in charge of my recovery and my life, and no one else on this Earth is. ~ Charles L. Whitfield
We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make our world.
~ Buddha
Look within. Be still.
Free from fear and attachment,
Know the sweet joy of living in the way.
~ Buddha
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul. ~ David O. McKay
Before we can have a successful relationship with anyone, we first need a perfect personal relationship. ~ Russ Von Hoelscher
Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something. They're trying to find someone who's going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take. ~ Anthony Robbins
A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it. ~ Jonathan Davis
Hold your own / Know your name / And go your own way ~ Jason Mraz, Details in the Fabric
The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, / and hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. ~ Walter Scott
"Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all." ~ Bill Clinton
"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." ~ Mark Twain
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ~ Mark Twain
"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves." ~ Henry David Thoreau
"Psychotherapy is like a screwdriver, once you understand how to use it you wouldn't want to be without it." ~ Dr. Jennifer Howard
"Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: REMOVE yourself from the situation, CHANGE it, or ACCEPT it totally." ~ Eckhart Tolle
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain.
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
~ Emily Dickinson
"There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting." ~ Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?" ~ Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. ~ Anais Nin
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. ~ Carl Sandburg
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow. ~ Dorothy Thompson
