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Making decisions requires energy, but not deciding about whether to decide requires even more energy. (David Allen)

Inaction is rooted in overthinking, fears about the future or past. Instead, focus on doing, right now, & nothing else (Zen Habits Twitter post)

“Smile, breathe and go slowly.” - Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Buddhist monk

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Seth Godin: Quieting the Lizard Brain

"Does something have your attention because you want it to, or because you're avoiding it?" - David Allen

"If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything." -Shunryu Suzuki

"The reverse side also has a reverse side"

“It’s not bad or good, it just is.”
It’s too negative to expect things to go wrong, they said. However: it’s only negative if you see it as negative. If you judge it as bad. Instead, you could accept it as the way the world works — as the way things actually are. And try to understand why that is, and embrace it. As it is. - Leo Babauta

“Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
- William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”

“You see this goblet?” asks Achaan Chaa, the Thai meditation master. “For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.” - Mark Epstein

"The Master does nothing, yet he leaves nothing undone" - Laozi