The Way Things Turn

The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from expectations and  begin to experience things as they a...

We go forward, we fall down,  we have to pick ourselves up  or let someone help us up  –– we go forward again.  That's how change happen...

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's hap...

We need the courage  to learn from our past  and not live in it. ~ Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about  what's ha...

Most of the time, we think we are our thoughts.  We forget, or have never noticed, that there's an  aspect of our mind that's watchi...

We long for permanence  but everything in the known  universe—thoughts, weather, people, galaxies—is transient. That's a fa...

We can't avoid pain—but we  can transform our response to it. ~ Sharon Salzberg

We can travel a long way in life and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new  experiences. It ...

The secret to deepening concentration is the ability to let go, over and over again—no judgment, no harsh condemnation, no feeling ...

Sometimes kindness takes the form of stepping aside, letting go of our need  to be right, and just being happy for someone. ~ S...

The simple act of being completely attentive and present to another person is an act of love, and it fosters unshakeable well-being...

No matter how much we want it to be otherwise, the truth is that we are not in control of the unfolding of our experiences. ~ S...

We can always begin again. ~ Sharon Salzberg