Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns...We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe in the beauty around us, to dance and sing. Yet each day we listen to inner voices that keep our life small.
Tara BrachWhen we experience stress, the nervous system tries to control things. Part of waking up is discovering what we are beyond that controlling organism.
Tara BrachWhat would it be like if, right in the midst of this busyness, we were to consciously take our hands off the controls? What if we were to intentionally stop our mental computations and our rushing around and, for a minute or two, simply pause and notice our inner experience?
Tara BrachOur kids go to school and they come out feeling not intelligent, not desirable, not attractive or appealing to others.
Tara BrachIf our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
Tara Brach