living-in-the-present

No matter how much you stress or obsess about the past or future, you can't change either one. In the present is where your power lies.

Harness the power of today. Seize the blessings of today! Make something happen, enhance your life, make someone laugh, help a friend, love, love, love!

Mind is like a net, drawn by the needles of past and future. Mindfulness is the way for not getting stuck into that net.

Mindfulness is not the path of chasing. It is the path of beautification. When flowers blossom, the fragrance spreads, and the bees come.

Mindfulness is not a mechanical process. It is developing a very gentle, kind, and creative awareness to the present moment.

As you become more present in your own life, you will begin to enlighten others by your example.

Life doesn't happen to you, it happens FROM you.

Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief.

Nothing cuts a neural route faster through the brain then a pinch of pain. Periods of unhappiness penetrate and scar the brain. Experiencing intense periods of unpleasantness incites us to grow. If we can bunt the destructive forces of extreme pain and embrace its forceful impact for its educational value, experiencing profound pain causes us to appreciate the pleasure of simply living in the moment, enjoying each blade of grass in nature__ glorious bouts of beauty.

Breathing is our participation with the cosmic dance. When our breath is in harmony, cosmos nourishes us in every sense.

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

I'd rather be on the ground than underTo feel the heavy rain and the thunder.

Beautify your breath _ beautify your life.

The beauty of this day doesn't depend on its lasting forever.

To live a little, love a little. To live a lot, love a lot.

Nothing takes you away from dwelling in the past or worrying about the future like living in the present.

Don't over-focus on the negatives and under-focus the positives in your life.

Don__ spend too much time grieving for me, Elena. I know you__e probably a little sad as you__e reading this, since that means I__ dead and you__e having to learn how to go on in a new way. I would be sad if you didn__ miss me, so I won__ tell you not to, but I will tell you to keep on living. The world is full of beautiful music, flowers, places, and experiences. Enjoy it all as much as you can. Just remember it__ the people in your life that make it worthwhile...People and memories, not things are what__ important in the end. Nothing else matters as much as that.