Each sunrise is a precious jewel . . . for it may never be followed by its sunset.

This book focuses on the attitudes and skills we need in order to let go of the past, embrace the new, cope with loss, and experience wisdom, authenticity, and bliss.

even found myself overlooking my own flaws, for the same reasons. I didn't need to try to be perfect or in control all the time. There really was no need to impress anyone.

The measuring and mixing always smoothed out her thinking processes - nothing was as calming as creaming butter - and when the kitchen was warm from the oven overheating and the smell of baking...

It occurred to Jeff that he had entered the vague phase of his life. He had a vague idea of things, a vague sense of what was happening in the world, a vague sense of having meant someone before. It...

As Buddha said, All that we are is determined by our thoughts.

I sat on the front steps alone, waiting for a sense of ease and peace to settle in the air around me. A woman passing on the street said, 'A decongestant, an antihistamine, a cough suppressant, a pain...

Mama told me to make a special point to remember the best times of my life. There are so many hard things to live through, and latching on to the good things will give you strength to endure, she...

To live is to not think.

Travel is much more rewarding when it ceases to be about reaching a destination and becomes indistinguishable from living our life.

I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware I sit content

Whenever you notice your mind wandering, a fundamental instruction in meditation advises, bring your mind back to its point of focus. The operative phrase here is whenever you notice. As our mind...

I was patience defined, patience misspelled, patience sounded out slowly, letter by letter, with the t pronounced shh.

If we change the way we think, before long our thoughts change the way we feel.

We can't change the past. But we can change how much importance we allow it to have over our future.

There's been terrible things we've seen, haven't there? And more likely to come, more than likely. So I think I'd rather not know what's in the future. I'll stick to the present.

A single farm house which I had not seen before is sometimes as good as the dominions of the King of Dahomey. There is in fact a sort of harmony discoverable between the capabilities of the landscape...

But he knew plenty of distracting sinkholes too: gossip, the endless call of work, as well as fear, suspicion, lust. Every human being is pulled by these internal and external forces that are...

It's much easier to control our perceptions and emotions than it is to give up our desire to control other people and events.

There might be some residue in my mouth, but if I can breathe from my nasal passage, the air won't come from my mouth or my diaphragm.

Dappled sunshine shivers.

... {W}e should be mucking about all the time, because mucking about is enjoying life for its own sake, now, and not in preparation for an imaginary future. It's obvious that the mirth - filled man,...

Everything is beautiful. We have all this beauty in the world and all we have to do is reach out and touch it, it is all there and all ours for the taking. - Cecilia to Henry Chinaski

The incident emphasizes once more that beauty is something to be found, rather than passively encountered, that it requires us to pick up on certain details, to identify the whiteness of a cotton...

Insomnia is his mind's revenge for all the tricky thoughts he has carefully avoided during the daylight hours.

From a clearer perspective, I can now see how my presence on that dock that resulted in my brother's rescue was instrumental in giving me the information and the confidence to become a teacher and...

Remove all unloving thoughts from your mind, and practice kindness in all of your thoughts, words, and actions. Cultivate

Whether it's your health, wealth, happiness, or any other element of your entire life experience, it is essential to keep in mind the importance of the movement of your attention. You must be...

to remind ourselves of our intention, which is to get higher and

While your intellect went to prep school, your unconscious remained in the jungle where it is still swinging in the trees! Looking