When everything feels too big, go little.
Wrap yourself with grace and space,
nibble your to-do’s, just one tiny bite at a time.
You can’t out outrun overwhelm, my friend,
but you can stay so still that it passes you by.
If you want to get more done, do less.
Stress dissipates in the face of guilt-free, intentional rest.
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May your heart be like a lake, with a calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
— Lao Tzu
Silence is a source of great strength.
— Lao Tzu
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It’s hard to choose which words to quote from Charlie Mackesy’s beautiful book The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse. His work carries such quiet wisdom — a reminder of what matters. Charlie is always worth following, on Instagram or wherever his words find you.
“Nothing beats kindness,” said the horse. “It sits quietly beyond all things.”
— Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
One method I learned from my teacher, Diana Winston, is elegantly simple. In your usual meditation, simply add a few words to each time you notice your attention wandering: May I meet this too with kindness.
Whatever comes up, repeat this phrase of loving-kindness toward your thoughts, feelings, or sensations. Do it as many times as you need to, and then guide your attention back to the anchor of the breath once again …as you move through the day, try repeating the same phrase – “may I meet this too with kindness” – whenever you notice you are being hard on yourself, judgmental toward yourself, or unkind in any way. Often, learning to meet yourself with kindness can feel like the medicine your heart and inner life yearns for, especially if you’re used to meeting yourself with all kinds of judgment and past conditioning.
Amanda Gilbert – Meditation Teacher, Author and Professor of Mindfulness
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There are very few friends that will lie down with you on empty streets in the middle of the night, without a word. No questions, no asking why, just quietly lay there with you, observing the stars, until you’re ready to get back up on your feet again and walk the last bit home, softly holding your hand as a quiet way of saying “I’m here”.
Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles
I do so love Charlotte’s writing.
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Sometimes the most important recipient of kindness is the one most commonly overlooked: ourselves.
~ Sharon Salzberg
I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.
~ Hafiz
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An Acquired Brain Injury is marked by shock, loss and change.
With the passage of time, you can come to realise there are also gifts.
The wound is the place where light enters you.
~ Rumi
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
~ Viktor Frankl
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Curating Quietude 