Paradise – © John Neel
Thich Nhat Hanh
“Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child our own two eyes. All is a miracle.” “When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we beginto be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.”
“Life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.”
Heart Trees – © John Neel
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
“If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.”
Family in Truck – © John Neel
“Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive—that you can touch the miracle of being alive—then that is a kind of enlightenment.”
“Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.”
“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”
Garden Gate – © John Neel
All quotes – Thich Nhat Hanh
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