What distresses us is less the circumstances we find ourselves in and more the energy we expend in resisting them.

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"Difficult events occur for our spiritual growth. These aren't meant to be punishment. Beautiful sunset awaits after heavy rain."

- Haemin Sunim

Growth

"Because of your difficult experience, you will become stronger, wiser, and more compassionate toward those having a hard time."

- Haemin Sunim

Growth

"Do not fight your negative emotions. Observe and befriend them."

- Haemin Sunim

Mindfulness

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"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

Mindfulness

"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."

- Anon

Mindfulness

"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."

- Kai Greene

Mindfulness

"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."

- Unknown

Mindfulness

"Your limits are all in your mind."

- Unknown

Mindfulness