Kindle Notes & Highlights
less TV, more reading less shopping, more outdoors less clutter, more space less rush, more slowness
less consuming, more creating less junk, more real food
less busywork, more impact less driving, more walking less noise, more solitude less focus on the future, more on the present less work, mo...
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think of nothing that happens as either good or bad. Stop judging, and stop expecting.
You will learn to accept things as they are, and move within that landscape mindfully.
When you expect something of a friend, co-worker, family member, spouse, and they don’t live up to that expectation, then you are upset with them, or disappointed. It causes anger. But what if you had no expectations — then their actions would be neither good nor bad, just actions. You could accept them without frustration, anger, sadness.
When we judge, we don’t seek to understand — we’ve already come to a conclusion.
See the landscape of your life as it actually is, without the filter of judgments or expectations.
When things happen, understand why they do, without judgment, and accept them as they are. Accept people for who they are. Accept yourself, without judgment, as you are.
“When walking, walk. When eating, eat.” ~Zen proverb
Creativity flourishes in solitude. With quiet, you can hear your thoughts, you can reach deep within yourself, you can focus.
