Dwell in stillness.
Observe without reacting and without judging.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
- Byron Katie
Be still and know who you are.
- Kirtana
Life is simple.
Everything happens for you, not to you.
Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late.
You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.
- Byron Katie
Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is,
and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
- Aldous Huxley
You're either attaching to your thoughts or you're inquiring. There is no other choice.
- Byron Katie
Further reading:
Byron Katie - No one can give you freedom but you
Cultivate Awareness
Breath by Breath
Live in the Present
Cherish This Moment
Cease Striving
I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
- Hippocrates
There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
- Katharine Butler Hathaway
“Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have.”
- A. A. Milne
What do we live for, if it is not
to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot
The best comfort I could offer
was to just let her tell her story.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Generally, your greatest service to someone
in their time of trouble, sorrow, or confusion, is your comfort.
Take the time to listen to their troubles and concerns
with patience, kindness, and empathy,
but without offering unsolicited advice or suggestions.
Your kindly hand on their shoulder, supportive hug, and patient listening
are often the greatest gifts you can offer.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
True Measure of a Successful Life
Giving Love and Comfort
This is my wish for you...
Encourage Others
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
- Henry David Thoreau
Don't die with your music still inside you.
Listen to your intuitive inner voice
and find what passion stirs your soul.
- Wayne Dyer
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm.
- Arnold J. Toynbee
The success of a project is best predicted
by the enthusiasm of its participants.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
- Douglas MacArthur
Further reading:
Live Your Greatest Life
Take Charge of Your Life
Think Big, Act Big
Your Intuition is Your Guide
The attitude of faith is to let go,
and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
- Alan Watts
We seek opinions that are likely to
support what we want to be true.
- Thomas Gilovich
Man cannot discover new oceans
unless he has the courage
to lose sight of the shore.
- Lord Chesterfield
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
- Henry David Thoreau
Have Faith!
Listen to the Voice of God,
rather than to the people who say they know what God wants you to do.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Don't Struggle
Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind
This God Called Money
Faith Before Dawn
The answer to circumstances is choosing a positive response,
and the most positive choice is to be of service.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are no hopeless situations; there are only men
who have grown hopeless about them.
- Clare Boothe Luce
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men
who walked through the huts comforting others,
giving away their last piece of bread...
They offer sufficient proof that everything
can be taken from a man but one thing:
to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances,
to choose one's own way.
- Viktor E. Frankl
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless,
you are slamming the door in the face of God.
- Charles L. Allen
Labeling yourself a "victim" prevents you from healing.
Don't let yesterday's troubles destroy today and tomorrow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
When You Have Been Wronged
Self Pity
You are not a victim - article by Sheri Rosenthal
