#mindful

How heron comes It is a negligence of the mind not to notice how at dusk heron comes to the pond and stands there in his death robes, perfect servant of the system, hungry, his eyes full of attention, his wings pure light ↗

— Mary Oliver

#nature #poetry #death

So often, even when we stop to say a blessing before a meal, we’re mentally preparing to spoon some pasta or potatoes onto our plates. We’re not usually focused on the present moment, simply placing ourselves before our food and entering into the still, slow space where eating is done for eating’s sake and not something we do simply to get to the next thing on our list. ↗

— Mary DeTurris Poust

#faith #food #mindful-eating #mindfulness #present-moment

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well. ↗

— George W. Bush

#executive #i #i am #mindful #myself

[T[his isn’t just “another day, another dollar.” It’s more like “another day, another miracle.” (213) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#daily-living #life #mindfulness #miracles #perspective

If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong. ↗

— Virgil

#despise #god #human #human race #mindful

Since my accident I am a little more mindful of the suffering of other people. ↗

— George C. Wallace

#am #i #i am #little #mindful

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#been #discovered #emotional #foster #impulses

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

#best #country #fact #his #mindful

I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom, who had said to me that he perceived his life as a link in a continuous chain of those who served our nation and that he expected me to be a new and strong link in the same chain. ↗

— King Hussein I

#chain #continuous #ever #expected #founder

Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#am #basic #belief #brings #democracy