Renee

“... you are in pain. Relax. Take a breath. Let's pay attention to what is happening. Then we'll figure out what to do. [p. 10]”
― Sylvia Boorstein, Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life

“I love the phrase 'I am not afraid!' Maybe it's the best phrase we can say, other than 'I have everything I need.' Maybe they are the same. [p. 14]”
― Sylvia Boorstein, Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life

“I know whether or not I am confused most readily by noticing--being mindful of--my capacity for feeling caring concern. ... when I feel myself in caring connection--encouraging, consoling, or appreciating--I feel the twin pleasures of clarity and goodness. It doesn't matter if the connection I feel is to myself or a person I know or people I don't know or even the whole world. The lively impulse of caring is what counts. [p. 20]”
― Sylvia Boorstein, Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life

“Effort, concentration, and mindfulness are the internal ways in which the mind restores itself from being out of balance and lost in confusion to a condition of ease, clarity, and wisdom NO external action needs to happen. [p. 17]”
― Sylvia Boorstein, Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life