A Field Guide To Now Quotes

“Obstacles are mostly things we create in our minds, and if what you long for is joy and abundance, then let it be measured by how far you can bend, and how gracefully you can move around the hurdles. Life isn’t meant to be lived in equal parts, with each thing accounting in equal measure for the other.”
― Christina Rosalie, Field Guide to Now: Notes on Mindfulness and Life in the Present Tense

“This is the mistake we often make. We think, however briefly, that there might be someone else to blame for the ways that we feel small, or for the ways our lives haven’t turned out the way we hoped. But the truth is, frustration and regret almost always start with some unattended ember in our own smoldering heart, and self-reliance isn’t synonymous with going it alone.”
― Christina Rosalie, Field Guide to Now: Notes on Mindfulness and Life in the Present Tense

“The heart is not a machine. It does not have the capacity to love at any greater speed, or to feel anything more deeply, when the pace is doubled.”
― Christina Rosalie, Field Guide to Now: Notes on Mindfulness and Life in the Present Tense

“Lists are a flirtation between the present and the future.”
― Christina Rosalie, Field Guide to Now: Notes on Mindfulness and Life in the Present Tense

“If your intention is to become the most that you can be in this lifetime, then having children will not stop you.”
― Christina Rosalie, Field Guide to Now: Notes on Mindfulness and Life in the Present Tense

“Children are a sacrifice, a forever debt against your independence.”
― Christina Rosalie, Field Guide to Now: Notes on Mindfulness and Life in the Present Tense

“Until you’re in it you can’t comprehend the cipher of guilt and fear and longing that instinct scrawls across your days as a parent.”
― Christina Rosalie, Field Guide to Now: Notes on Mindfulness and Life in the Present Tense

“See everything as an opportunity to be amazed.”
― Christina Rosalie, Field Guide to Now: Notes on Mindfulness and Life in the Present Tense

“This isn’t just about crazy odds. We do this all the time: imagine that things are inconceivable instead of simply conceiving them and letting them grow within the bellies of our longing until they are ready to be pushed forth into the world.”
― Christina Rosalie, Field Guide to Now: Notes on Mindfulness and Life in the Present Tense

“We are always giving birth to future versions of ourselves.”
― Christina Rosalie, Field Guide to Now: Notes on Mindfulness and Life in the Present Tense