It is very important that we do not try to run away from our painful feelings. We can recognize, accept, embrace, and look deeply.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.

G.K. Chesterton

Sometimes, especially when practising something like mindfulness, you need simply to let things unfold in their own time. If you're anxious, you may just block your understanding. Mindfulness is about letting go, not trying harder.

Shamash Alidina

Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

Swami Vivekananda

The point is to be in the moment, not miss the moment while trying to capture it.

Nunca me preocupo por lo que hice el día anterior.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

You only have control over three things in your life, the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take.

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