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More Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh (Thích Nhất Hạnh)
Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.
When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.
The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.
Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
This is a very important practice. Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried away with your worries, fears, cravings, anger, and desire, you run away from yourself and you lose yourself. The practice is always to go back to oneself.
