If we can keep at least a bit of the mind clear about temporality, we can mange complicated, even difficult, times with… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
“Some of my most precious moments of insight have been those in which I have seen clearly that gratitude is the only… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated that that. It is opening to or recieving… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
We have moments of such clarity, of such appreciation of the incredible web of interconnected events that carry us from breath to… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is attentiveness, moment to moment. What's happening right now and what's coming up in me in response to what's happening right… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
“... change and loss and sadness and grief are the shared lot of all human beings ... we are all making our… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
“The Buddha said that there are three times that a person should consider the consequences of any action: before, during, and after.… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
All losses are sad. The end of an important relationship is also a death. When people fall out of love with each… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
The Buhha was a monastic, but the practice of mindfulness in the context of any lifestyle is one of renunciation. Every moment… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
“Here's a practice idea for right now. Choose one of those sets of phrases. ... Plan on taking some time to say… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
“... every single act we do has the potential of causing pain, and every single thing we do has consequences that echo way beyond… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
“... although I knew what issues had been most difficult for me in my life, I may not have known the depth of the… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
“I would not ask you to do this practice, to undertake this path of liberation from the habits of suffering mind, unless it were… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
“Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is.… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
If you take a deep breath and look around, 'Look what's happening to me!' can become 'Look what's happening!' And what's happening? The incredible… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
“... freedom of choice is possible. Life is going to unfold however it does: pleasant or unpleasant, disappointing or thrilling, expected or unexpected, all… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
The Buddha taught that suffering is the extra pain in the mind that happens when we feel an anguished imperative to have things be… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
“I love the phrase 'I am not afraid!' Maybe it's the best phrase we can say, other than 'I have everything I need.' Maybe… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
My father . . . used to say, 'I need my anger. It obliges me to take action.' I think my father was partly… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
“... life is difficult and painful, just by its very nature, not because we're doing it wrong [pp. 17-18].” — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
“Some of my most precious moments of insight have been those in which I have seen clearly that gratitude is the only possible response."… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful. — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
Dedication to goodness-dedication in response to an inner moral mandate rather than external restraint-was both the antidote to the pain and the source of… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
“Anger is often a big problem for people who grew up in families where the overt expression of anger was an everyday occurrence. They… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share
![“... change and loss and sadness and grief are the shared lot of all human beings ... we are all making our way from one end of life to the other hoping--for whatever intervals of time we can manage it--to feel safe and content and strong and at ease. [p.40]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d33/sylvia-boorstein-7241_change_change-and-loss-and-sadness-and-grief-ar_2285293.png)
![“All losses are sad. The end of an important relationship is also a death. When people fall out of love with each other, or when what seemed like a solid friendship falls into ruin, the hope for a shared future--a hope that provided a context and a purpose to life--is gone. [p. 149]” quote by Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3a3/sylvia-boorstein-7241_death_all-losses-are-sad-the-end-of-an-importa_2474880.jpg)
