Padmini Raju Datla

“The most important thing is this: to be able at any moment to be free to choose a life that makes you happy.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“The challenge for each of us is to find out who we are and to live our way into our own calling.we do this by paying close attention to all aspects of life as they unfold in the present moment.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment―and Your Life

“The challenge for mindfulness is to be present for your experience as it is rather than immediately jumping in to change it or try to force it to be different.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment―and Your Life

“It's very important as a beginner that you understand right from the start that meditation is about befriending your thinking, about holding it gently in awareness, no matter what is on your mind in a particular moment. It is not about shutting off your thoughts or changing them in any way.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment―and Your Life