We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
We call the effort to cultivate our ability to be in the present moment ‘practice’ or ‘meditation practice.’
I was very much a tough New York street kid. I went to a school where you had to learn how to get along with everybody or fight with everybody, and I did my fair share of both.
Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.