"Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated that that. It is opening to or recieving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it."

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Source : Sylvia Boorstein (1995). “It's easier than you think: the Buddhist way to happiness”, HarperOne

Sylvia Boorstein

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“Don't make me sad, don't make me cry. Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don't know why.”
“I grew up a Catholic and I dont want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but theres a lot of routine stuff going on. You say the same prayers, you sit, you kneel, whatever.”
“politics ... is the hottest, most dangerous subject in the land. It's not only a conversation-wrecker, it's a friendship-wrecker, a family-wrecker, a job-wrecker, a future-wrecker.”
“My personality resembles my designs to a large extent. I'm in sync with myself and I'm transparent, just like my designs.”
“Although our love is waning, let us stand by the lone border of the lake once more, together in that hour of gentleness. When the poor tired child, passion, falls asleep.”
“A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture.”
“I recently had the opportunity to participate in 'Inc.''s first-ever 'Hire Power Awards' event in Washington, D.C. The event was a testament to the power of American entrepreneurship and the role that it plays in driving job creation and innovation in a wide array of industries.”
“I write about race in America in hopes of undermining the notion of race in America.”

Source : Richard Rodriguez (2003). “Brown: The Last Discovery of America”, p.8, Penguin

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