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50 | January/February 2017 Quotes from the Godfather of Mindfulness "The challenge for mindfulness is to be present for your experience as it is rather than immediately jumping in to change it or try to force it to be different." ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness for Beginners "If we are not careful, it is all too easy to fall into becoming more of a human doing than a human being, and forget who is doing all the doing, and why." ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment–And Your Life "Mindfulness as a practice provides endless opportunities to cultivate greater intimacy with your own mind and to tap into and develop your deep interior resources for learning, growing, healing, and potentially for transforming your understanding of who you are and how you might live more wisely and with greater well- being, meaning, and happiness in this world." ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment–And Your Life "The future that we want—this is it. This is the future of all the previous thoughts you've ever had about the future. You're in it. You're already in it. What is the purpose of all this living if it's only to get someplace else and then when you're there you're not happy anyway, you want to be some place else. It's always for 'when I retire,' 'when I graduate college,' 'when I make enough money,' 'when I get married,' 'when I get divorced,' 'when the kids move out.' It's like, wait a minute, this is it. This is your life. We only have moments. This moment's as good as any other. It's perfect." ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness for Beginners The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice. meet them at the door laughing and invite them in. Be grateful for whatever comes. because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. ~ Jellaludin Rumi, translation by Coleman Barks Meditation is known to reduce stress, improve concentration and self- awareness and actually slow the aging process. Meditation is the ultimate travel companion because you can practice it anywhere and at any time.

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