“I’m thinking: Yes, right—there is a point to sitting around all day with your eyes closed: to gain some control over the… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
“The Buddhists had a helpful analogy here. Picture the mind like a waterfall, they said: the water is the torrent of thoughts… — Dan Harris Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness, happiness, and not being a jerk are skills I can hone the rest of my life—every day, every moment, until senility… — Dan Harris Confidence Copy Share Image
“Striving is fine, as long as it’s tempered by the realization that, in an entropic universe, the final outcome is out of… — Dan Harris Striving Copy Share Image
“Make the present moment your friend rather than your enemy. Because many people live habitually as if the present moment were an… — Dan Harris Friendship Copy Share Image
“The root hap means “luck,” as in hapless or haphazard. What the science was showing was that our levels of well-being, resilience,… — Dan Harris Happiness Copy Share Image
“While I may not have been physically addicted, I was certainly psychologically hooked. I missed getting high so badly that it was… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image