The real magic happens when we become intimately familiar with the moment-by-moment experience of being alive. Instead of trying to force complete experiences to happen. I focus on setting the stage for them to happen by exercising my attention.
When remembering to notice that we're alive becomes a habit, we begin to erode the internal friction that obscures our view of the richness we're swimming in every day.
Read More"When you read it you realize that everything is constantly changing, and that that is, at least often, the key to a great story..."
~ Ben Marcus
Read MoreMindfulness meditation is extraordinarily simple to describe, but it isn't easy to perform. True mastery might require special talent and a lifetime devotion to the task, and yet a genuine transformation in one's perception of the world is within reach for most of us. Practice is the only thing that will lead to success.
~ Sam Harris
Read MoreOh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
~ Stanley Kunitz
Read MoreHow many nights must it take
one such as me to learn
that we aren't, after all, made
from that bird that flies out of its ashes
"Tiny goals, even absurdly tiny ones, can be an effective way to sneak under the radar of your mind, which always stands ready to procrastinate on, or otherwise resist, bigger ambitions: you might laugh at the idea of doing 15 seconds of exercise, but for exactly that reason, you’re also much less likely to resist it. (The next day, make it 20 seconds, and so on.)"
~ Oliver Burkeman
Read More"It’s ironic that the biggest potential problem associated with focusing on emotional discomfort is closely linked to one of its most powerful payoffs: our cage may get rattled a bit before it collapses."
~ Shinzen Young
Read MoreYou are closer to glory
leaping an abyss
than upholstering a rut.
Nothing perishes;
nothing survives;
everything transforms!
~ James Broughton
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