The Mindful Twenty-Something: Life Skills to Handle Stress…and Everything Else

I can deal with the pain when it actually happens, but I don’t need to be dealing with it now.”

goal is to have no goals other than being fully present and curious about each and every moment.

may see that what you are really practicing is your willingness to gather up your attention and bring it back to one point, over and over.

begin to see that they are simply words or images produced by your mind that reflect your restlessness in the moment. They don’t speak “truth” about the value of meditation or your ability to do it.

Meditation Is No Big Deal

are aware of your thoughts and feelings without engaging with them or reacting to them.

Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart

in fact, there is no separation between body and mind. Body is mind; mind is body.

We must allow each other our differences at the same time as we recognize our sameness.

one thing, the future that you are waiting for will never arrive. There will always be one more thing to complete or accomplish before you get “there.”