“Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death;
rememberance of it is rebirth.”
~Ramana Maharshi
*all photos and artwork on Picnic with Ants created by Wendy Holcombe. Do not use without permission.
Tag: Mindfulness Quotes
Mindfulness Monday – Memories
“Never regret a day in your life:
good days give happiness,
bad days give experience,
worst days give lessons,
and best days give memories.”
~ unknown
all photos on picnicwithants.com created by W. Holcombe, unless otherwise noted.
Mindfulness Monday – Meditation
“The thing about meditation is:
You become more and more you.”
~ David Lynch
“Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw
ourselves away and become something better.
It’s about befriending who we are already.”
~ Pema Chodron
“Meditation is the breath of your soul.
Just a breathing is the life of the body,
meditation is the life of the soul.”
~Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
*all artwork on Picnic with Ants created by W. Holcombe, unless otherwise noted. Please do not use without permission of the artist.
Mindfulness Monday – Pain
“Radical acceptance means feeling sorrow and pain
without resisting.
It means feeling desire or dislike
without judging ourselves
or being driven to act on it.”
~Tara Brach
“Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior.
You are beneath the thinker.
You are the mental noise.
You are the love and joy beneath the pain.”
~ Eckhart Tolle
Mindfulness Monday – Buddha
“The way is not the sky.
The way is in the heart.”
~Buddha
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
~Buddha
“Do not dwell in the past,
do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
~Buddha
*all artwork on Picnic with Ants created by Wendy Holcombe, unless otherwise noted. Please do not use without permission.
Mindfulness Monday – Loss
“Everything that has a beginning, has an ending.
Make your peace with all that and all will be well.”
~ Buddha
“Compassion invites us to open our heart
to everyone who experiences
joy and loss,
pleasure and pain,
hope and despair.
This includes ourselves.
~Heather Strong, Mindfulness and Grief
*all artwork and photos on Picnic with Ants created by W. Holcombe, unless otherwise noted.
Mindfulness Monday – abandon
“Sometimes people hunger for more than bread.
It is possible that
our children, or husband, our wife,
do not hunger for bread,
do not need clothes,
do not lack a house.
But are we equally sure that
none of them feels alone,
abandoned,
neglected,
needing some affection?
That too is poverty.”
~ Mother Teresa
“Even if others abandon you
You must never abandon yourself.”
~T. Helwig
Mindfulness Monday – Change
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking.
It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
~ Albert Einstein
“Everyone thinks of changing the world,
but no one thinks of changing himself.”
~ Leo Tolstoy
*all photos on Picnic with Ants taken by Wendy Holcombe unless otherwise noted.
Mindfulness Monday – Marriage
“Marriage is three parts love and
seven parts forgiveness of sins.”
~ Lao Tzu
“Mindful time spent with the person we love
is the fullest expression of
true love and real generosity”
~ Thích Nhất Hạnh
photos taken at Wendy and Stuart Holcombe’s wedding.
Mindfulness Monday – Pets
“Some of the best teachers of mindfulness and
‘being in the moment’ are animals.”
~Richard J. Brewer
“with some dogs you just look at them –
just a little look is enough –
and their tail goes
Life is Good!
Life is Good!
And they are not telling themselves the story of why life is good.
It’s a direct realization.”
~ Eckhart Tolle
* photo taken by W. Holcombe. Kiki playing.
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