If I Live Until Morning Quotes

“Life is short. Live you dreams now!”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“humans express the vibrancy of light when they abide in pure love. It’s a product of selflessness, wisdom and compassion.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Unconditional acceptance and love have the power to heal.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“This is one reason why the Dalai Lama is so popular. He has spent his whole life training his mind and changing his energetic state. He oozes the inner peace that everyone else longs for.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Like most people, I had yet to discover that I wasn’t really lacking anything. Instead I hadn’t developed my attributes to their greatest potential.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“It’s the human condition to judge everything and to compare ourselves to others, but doing so leads to the deluded thinking that one is either superior or inadequate.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“I discovered that unresolved issues from emotional and physical pain are held not only in the subconscious mind but in every cell, like a pacing tiger locked inside a cage. Until released, the tiger feeds on us from the inside out. Over time the tiger takes a toll on one’s well-being.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Time had taught me how harmful it is to conceal what needs to be released. The more I opened up and told my story, the more progress I made.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Our secret disaster had kept me from feeling supported and fully recovering. Ken was a master at avoiding the painful aspects of his life; he denied their existence to himself by not acknowledging them.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“During that initial experience, I realized that my mind could interpret dying as either terrifying or peaceful. Nonetheless, I resumed my earlier angst about dying once I had survived. I viewed death as a threat to accomplishing my dreams. Gradually this shifted. Contemplating death on a regular basis as part of my Buddhist studies, enabled me to accept it. Later, the passing of my sister and friends helped me to see that death could be my ally. It reminded me of the preciousness of life and to use each moment in the pursuit of something meaningful. Today I see death as a passage to another life into a different place in time and space.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Whenever I returned to the West, I was bewildered by my own culture’s failure to accept death. I noticed how an obsession with youthfulness, coupled with an unwillingness to talk about and prepare for death, created fear and agony over the inevitable.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Instead of trying to push the pain away, I used it as the object of my meditation. Without identifying with it personally, I focused on every detail; its sensation, location and intensity. Doing so actually helped to bring open curiosity to the pain. By bringing full awareness to the pain something amazing happened; it became easier to work with.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Reflecting on the nature of reality helped me understand how much of life is defined by the connections between thoughts, decisions and actions.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“The Big Trip,” from A Fine and Pleasant Misery by Patrick McManus.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“there is one valuable lesson she’s taught me, it’s to act like you know what you are doing.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“captures the essence of nearly every outdoor adventure—there is always some degree of despair in every important journey.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“A Fine and Pleasant Misery by Patrick McInnis.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“The apex of the world had galvanized me to accomplish the impossible. In its enormous shadow, I sobbed with joy. I was overcome with gratitude for having escaped the Sierras with my life and now for living my life to the fullest in the Himalayas.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Sharp white peaks loomed above. They struck a deep chord in my soul. Tears of pure delight poured down my red, raw and wind-burned cheeks.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Despite the hardships that people from Nepal and Tibet had endured, they seemed remarkably happy. Their attitude towards life inspired me. They accepted their situation with greater ease than Westerners could. They had virtually nothing and yet they seemed content. These impressions set me on a life-long inquiry about the essence of happiness.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“It was unfathomably quiet in the dark night. I actually heard the “sounds of silence.” It was a vast, deep stillness full of faint murmurs echoing within the quietude. It’s something that can’t really be described. It was such a wonderful experience that over the ensuing years, I learned how to intentionally tune into this peacefulness. It can be found both inside and outside of oneself. This stillness has to be listened for, but it’s always present even in the chaos of everyday life.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“The deep silence penetrated into the depths of my being. I felt like I had merged with the landscape, as if there were no distinction between myself and the surrounding terrain. We were simply one.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“There is wisdom in paying attention to the inner knowing of a gut feeling.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“The summit of a mountain pass can serve as a metaphor for the present moment; the gap between the past and the future. Our journey was connecting points in space and time. Behind us was the landscape that we had just traversed. Ahead was yet-to-be-explored terrain.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Meditation is about paying attention to the thinker behind the curtain. By noticing when the mind is caught up in discursive thoughts, we expose our own Wizard of Oz and take back the controls. Once the mind is no longer obscured by useless thoughts it can operate with the clarity of wisdom.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“I am going to live, I am going to live, I am going to live.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“Once the mind is no longer obscured by useless thoughts it can operate with the clarity of wisdom.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“I quickly fell under the spell of nighttime in the wilderness. It was unfathomably quiet in the dark night. I actually heard the “sounds of silence.” It was a vast, deep stillness full of faint murmurs echoing within the quietude. It’s something that can’t really be described. It was such a wonderful experience that over the ensuing years, I learned how to intentionally tune into this peacefulness. It can be found both inside and outside of oneself. This stillness has to be listened for, but it’s always present even in the chaos of everyday life.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“I realized that the hardest mountains to conquer are the ones constructed inside our minds.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

“I knew from experience that the American model for happiness was an illusion. Happiness is not about having more.”
― Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation