Karen

“There is just this moment. We are not trying to improve or to get anywhere else.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are

“But when we start to focus in on what our own mind is up to, for instance, it is not unusual to quickly go unconscious again, to fall back into an automatic-pilot mode of unawareness. These lapses in awareness are frequently caused by an eddy of dissatisfaction with what we are seeing or feeling in that moment, out of which springs a desire for something to be different, for things to change.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are

“Here’s the thing, though: forgiving the asshole isn’t for their well-being, it’s for yours. If you can’t forgive the things that have been done to you—as a kid, as an adult, whenever—then you won’t be able to move on with your life. Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting. Nor does it have to mean letting the person back into your life to hurt you again. It simply means healing the hurt that’s been done to you and continuing to pursue a prosperous, meaning-filled life.”
― Jillian Michaels, Unlimited: A Three-Step Plan for Achieving Your Dreams

“At some point you have to stop acting as though life is happening to you and acknowledge the ways you are happening to it. Once you take responsibility for your side of the street, you grant yourself the power to improve every aspect of your life by simply acting and behaving differently.”
― Jillian Michaels, Unlimited: A Three-Step Plan for Achieving Your Dreams