January 25, 2012
There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I’m going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.
Elizabeth Gilbert
January 20, 2012
Stop taking compliments personally. If you base your self-worth on how often people compliment and validate you, then you’re allowing others to decide how you feel about yourself. If someone compliments you, it’s no more personal than a direct insult.[1] They’re simply calling it how they see it, and that may or may not be accurate—only you can be the judge of that. If someone compliments you, that doesn’t make you a better person, it makes them a better person because they’re taking the time to be supportive and encouraging. Your value remains unchanged, because it’s something that comes from within.
http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Taking-Things-Personally
January 17, 2012
How I feel about what’s happening doesn’t change the fact that it is happening.
Alcatraz
January 17, 2012
My way is never right or wrong, it’s just…my way. Letting go of judgement, letting go of regret, and noticing the freedom that arises when I just get to be ME.
Me 
January 17, 2012
Ever notice when you are trying to remove one necklace from a knot of necklaces, the moment you give up is the moment it becomes free? Yah, that’s kind of how life is, too.
Me
January 16, 2012
If I could give you one thing in my life, I would give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes. Only then would you realize how special you are to me.
Anonymous
January 4, 2012
It isn’t the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it’s what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening. That’s where the suffering comes from.
Pema Chodron
December 31, 2011 • 182 notes • lazyyogi
Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.
Eckhart Tolle (via lazyyogi)
December 31, 2011 • 82 notes • soupsoup

soupsoup:

Hey, Yoga Girl (via @katierosman)

December 31, 2011

In any spiritual practice, dhairya, patience, is extremely necessary. Those who possess the quality of dhairya are called dhira, sober. We get intoxicated with the needs of the ego. Due to lack of this quality, we become restless. Those who are impatient cannot do any work well. By embracing dhairya, all our actions become responses rather than reactions.

Forming a habit of taking deep breath, and remembering, “Nothing is worth losing your peace,” will be of help in embracing this virtue in our lives.