Mindful Zen Habits Quotes

“if you resist, it persists; if you accept, you transform.”
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“One of the phrases attributed to Buddha, and widely repeated in social networks, tells us that ‘pain is inevitable, while suffering is optional.”
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“Remember: what we avoid grows, and only what we accept is transformed.”
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“at our orders and for our interests. ‘Now lose weight, now stretch yourself, now try your best, now do not rest, now do not stop, now eat all the candy, now …”
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“Choose to concentrate on opportunities, choose to focus on the good. Choose to focus on happiness, and you will create it in your life.”
― Mark Reklau, Mindful Zen Habits:

“Science has proven that happiness is a choice. It depends on what we choose to focus on. Choose happiness. Choose to focus on all the good things that surround you. Smile a lot. Be thankful for what you have in your life. Meditate for five minutes a day. Exercise for 30 minutes three times a week. These are the scientifically proven exercises that will make you happier if you do them over a period of time.”
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“Changing the way you talk to yourself will change your life. Get used to being kinder to yourself.”
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“Start by saying nice things to yourselves, like ‘I’m intelligent,’ ‘I’m handsome,’ ‘I’m beautiful,’ ‘I’m healthy,’ ‘I’m full of energy,’ or ‘I’m unstoppable.’ Be patient if you don’t believe yourself at first, and keep going.”
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“Happiness is a choice, and the most significant obstacles are self-created limitations, like believing that you are not worthy of happiness.”
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“Once you stop searching, you’ll see it was there all along. It’s in the small pleasures of life that you ignore while you are searching for the big things.”
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“Scientifically speaking, we can choose to be happy by choosing where we put our attention.”
― Mark Reklau, Mindful Zen Habits:

“Without accepting that not everything is in our hands, the omnipotence sold as ‘empowerment’ by many of the current self-help books can sabotage our deepest beliefs.”
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