“Life is so very messy! I have spent most of my life trying to control this messiness with all my imperfections. Recently I discovered that no matter how hard I try, it would bring me more anguish in my attempts to control it. Everything is temporary and some things are just out of our control!“

Kalyn Jolivette

Without direct experience, the impact of habitual mindfulness practice seems too simple to be beneficial.

Mindfulness involves cultivating familiarity and intimacy with aspects of everyday experience that we often take for granted.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

If your strategy for trying to live in the present more doesn't acknowledge that the present often sucks, you will find yourself frequently convinced that you have failed instead of realizing that your expectations are unrealistic.

"Nothing will tell you
where you are.
Each moment is a place
you’ve never been."

~ Mark Strand

“People don't understand that the hardest thing is to actually do something which is close to nothing. It demands all of you because there's no story to hide behind."

Marina Abramovic

Try pausing right before
and right after 
undertaking a new action

Brother David Steindl-Rast

“To be present, it helps to purposefully bring awareness to your moments – otherwise you may miss many of them.”

John Kabat-Zinn