Zoe Shobbrook Fisher

“Happiness not in another place but this place, not for another hour, but for this hour”

Walt Whitman

(image courtesy of Michael Leunig)

“Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).”
James Baraz

Patience is another of the attitudinal foundations of mindfulness that prepares the mind-heart for insight, clarity and peace.

“Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude”

Deepak Chopra

“As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live”
Goethe

“The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.”
Shunruyu Suzuki

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”

John Lennon

There’s a story told of a new student asking a venerable Tai Chi master ‘if I work really hard and diligently for the next 10 years will I become fully accomplished and a master like you?’ To which the master replies ‘if you try really hard it will take 20 years!’.

As I was taking yet another close up photo of a flower the other day I asked myself why do we always use nature pictures when we’re capturing mindfulness or mindful moments.