The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. - Epictetus

Your genes are not your destiny, your environment and beliefs help decide which ones switch on. Bruce Lipton built a whole field around this idea. Worth a search if you have ever felt stuck with the hand you were dealt.

Just keep your conscious mind busy with the expectation of the best. - Joseph Murphy

Kung seryoso kang baguhin ang iyong buhay, may mahahanap kang paraan. Kung hindi, may mahahanap kang dahilan. - Jen Sincero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgDcGldqLOA

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. - Marianne Williamson

Mid shift, in the middle of the rush, she took her moment of calm. Your peace does not have to wait for the workday to end. A few conscious breaths can reset the whole afternoon. Stillness fits into the smallest cracks of your schedule. Take your moment, you have earned it.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them. - Thich Nhat Hanh

tried the protocol in this video for 5 days combined with daily meditation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O-qjg6XVnQ the inflammation in my body decreased noticeably. i know how that sounds. i'm telling you anyway.

Our life is what our thoughts make it. - James Allen

We sat down in the open air and let the world keep moving around us. The street kept its pace but we kept ours. Choosing stillness in public felt like a small revolution. The calm spread further than we expected. Bring your practice into the daylight.

Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms; you'll be able to use them better when you're older. - Seneca

We came together to sit and the room got softer somehow. When a few people breathe as one the whole space starts to hum. I could feel the worry leaving my body one breath at a time. Nothing needed fixing in that moment, everything was already enough. This is what I keep showing up for.

There is something in the universe that responds to brave, intrepid thought. - Ralph Waldo Trine

this is one of those videos i wish i had found 10 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tRohh0gErM the connection between what we eat, how we feel, and how deep we can go in meditation is real and this explains it better than anything else i've found.

Perfectionism stops people from beginning their work. - Elizabeth Gilbert