Living with mindfulness. The Fall of Man and the Fall of Leaves are part of life. Like an autumn leaf, you are spectacular when you fall.

Like dust stops the glorious wood grain on the coffee table from shining through, psychological dust stops our true nature shining through.

Set yourself free by noticing unconscious thought patterns. That’s what Buddha, Christ, and St Francis of Assisi did.

1. Who am I? 2. Why am I here? 3. How shall I live?

Taking three conscious breaths gives you a mini holiday, a gap year, a sabbatical. It brings your day into focus.

If you paid attention in daily life to the same degree that you do while you dance, how rich your life would be.

Being fully present while you make a decision connects you to universal intelligence, which is far wiser and all-knowing than the contents o

But people need more than our words or thoughts. They need us. Our whole being. Our hands. Our feet. Our hearts.

I don’t need to book another 10-Day Silent Retreat. I just need to be still, look and listen. And keep my mouth shut.

The world needs a literal sun for life to be sustained, but the world also needs figurative suns — you and me — shining light and warmth.

Howard Thurman, theologian, philosopher and civil rights leader, wrote in Meditations of the Heart: Look out on life with quiet eyes.

What if I listen better in the next twenty-four hours? What if I drop the illusion of who I think I am right now?

Witness yourself on this earth, in this body, in this time, experiencing this unique situation. Give yourself the gift of being present wit

Let’s be like clouds. Come as a response. Respond to what it. And, as a final physical response, go peacefully.

Interruptions highlight what we want to let go of, and what we want to continue to concentrate on. Interruptions help show us the way.

Be what Thich Nhat Hanh calls a true person, a puppet no longer. We need to stop acting a role, be our true, deeper self.

When you’re experiencing a breakdown because your life seems unbearable, remind yourself that you’re on the cusp of a breakthrough.

From time to time throughout the day, ask yourself questions like: What am I stopping from happening that would be good? What am I blocking?

Be alert for an almost silent tap or a whisper of the real reason you’re here, which, in the bustle of activity, goes unnoticed.

A hammer changes the physical structure of the world. A bell is true to itself. A song is a work of art. So, be a hammer, a bell and a song.