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“Mindfulness is resilience-making.
It’s like hydrating before a big race: you might not be thirsty when you’re drinking,
but you’re stronger and prepared when reserves are low.”
― BIG: the practice of joy
It’s like hydrating before a big race: you might not be thirsty when you’re drinking,
but you’re stronger and prepared when reserves are low.”
― BIG: the practice of joy
“Through mindfulness you will remember who you are. Through wholeheartedness you will be who you are.”
― A Course of Love: Combined Volume
― A Course of Love: Combined Volume
“Desire persuades us that if only we have a pleasant breath or if only we have that spacious feeling we had earlier, then we would be happy. But desire is insatiable. As soon as we get the object or experience we have been longing for, we move on to another desire, because the more we pursue desire, the more desire we experience.”
― The Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation
― The Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation
“Normalize listening more than you talk.”
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“Everyone needs a support system, be it family, friends, coworkers, therapists, or religious leaders. We cannot do life alone and expect to keep mentally, emotionally, and spiritually healthy. Everyone needs some sort of support system on which to rely.”
― Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
― Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
Birnie’s 2020 Year in Books
Take a look at Birnie’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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