Some thoughts, distraction and ideas to help with life's little frustrationsAnything that happens, happens. | ||
| "Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt" "The quieter you become the more you can hear." -- Baba Ram Dass |
An excellent talk on problem solving from Adam Savage (Mythbusters)
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
Email and GTD
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 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
