You explore the possibilities because you can't steer a parked car.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

Most people I’ve spoken to have no idea that they are capable of controlling every single thought that comes into their minds: every second, every minute, and every day. They are convinced that...

Only when we deeply and emotionally realize that life is short and that our time is limited, can we truly live fully and completely surrender to the present. If you had only one year left to live, I...

vigorous walking in natural surroundings

The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.

you are right where you should be / now act like it

What good is a prepared body if you have a scattered mind?

Every day is the prime of your life.

A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as for the body, Margaret Fuller

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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