"Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” - David McCullough Jr. #climb #world #challenge #view #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

Free yourself by being present NOW! "The past is no longer a prison for me. The future is not a prison either. I am able to live in the here and now." - Thich Nhat Hanh #freedom #prison #now #presentmoment #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” - Rumi #love #barriers #freedom #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity." - Ralph Waldo Emerson #eye #identity #connection #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time." - Jon Kabat-Zinn #patience #wisdom #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

Stay Cool! "When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart." - Ajahn Brahm #cool #mind #warm #heart #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

“Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water.” - D.T. Suzuki #zen #life #bird #fish #freedom #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within." - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso #peace #stillness #happiness #contentment #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Eating mindfully is a most important practice of meditation. We can eat in a way that we restore the cookie of our childhood. The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it." - Thich Nhat Hanh #eating #mindfulness #schnauzer #dog #dogsofbluesky

Embrace change! Embrace Life! "It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not." - Thich Nhat Hanh #impermanence #suffer #change #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Love comforteth like sunshine after rain." - William Shakespeare #love #rain #comfort #hope #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Love is the bridge between you and everything." - Rumi #love #life #interbeing #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination." - Don Williams #road #lesson #journey #life #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"It is in the darkness that one finds the light." - Meister Eckhart #light #darkness #hope #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

What's for you won't go by you! "If a train doesn't stop at your station, then it's not your train." - Marianne Williamson #life #station #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other person." - Thich Nhat Hanh #freedom #life #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

LET GO AND LIVE "People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar." - Thich Nhat Hanh #suffering #letgo #fear #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Ignorantly is how we all fall in love; for it is a kind of fall. Closing our eyes, we leap from that cliff in hope of a soft landing. Nor is it always soft; but still, without that leap nobody comes to life." - Salman Rushdie #love #falling #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

Enjoy life simply, don't snatch at it. "Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed." - Robert Burns #pleasure #happiness #life #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

EAT MINDFULLY AND ENJOY THE CYCLE OF NATURE “Today if you eat an ice cream, give yourself time to look at the ice cream and say: ‘Hello, cloud! I recognize you.’” Thich Nhat Hanh #nature #cycle #mindfulness #icecream #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Let us try to see things from their better side: You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes; Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods That thorns have roses." - Alphonse Karr, 1853 #positive #positivity #rose #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"The man truly conversant with life knows, against all appearances, that there is a remedy for every wrong, and that every wall is a gate." - Ralph Waldo Emerson #wall #gate #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

KEEP IT SIMPLE “Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need" - Jerome K. Jerome #boat #life #light #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

LOSE THE EGO "The Art of Being: A state of wholeness in which the mind functions freely and easily, without the sensation of a second mind or ego standing over it with a club." - Alan Watts #being #art #ego #mindfulness #wholeness #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed." - Mahatma Gandhi #earth #need #greed #environment #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

Please be kind to our seas. "With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live." - Sylvia Earle #water #breath #sea #earth #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation." - Dogen #mindfulness #sitting #freedom #truth #meditation #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

“Perhaps the most "spiritual" thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn #spiritual #wholeness #integrity #kindness #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Deserts look beautiful and green fields look beautiful too. Nature is genius because it knows how to look beautiful in every way." - Mehmet Murat Ildan #nature #genius #beauty #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.” - Thich Nhat Hanh #mindfulness #meditation #happy #alert #awake #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogdofbluesky

In life, don't just spectate - PARTCIPATE! "If the view is very beautiful, do not sit and watch; go to the view, be in the view!" - Mehmet Murat Ildan #life #participate #beautiful #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"When a strong wind blows, the clouds vanish and blue sky appears. Similarly, when the powerful wisdom that understand the nature of the mind arises, the dark clouds of ego disappear." - Thubten Yeshe #bluesky #wisdom #mind #schnauzer #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Don't be afraid of the shadows, it only means there's a light nearby." - Amy Lee #shadows #light #fear #hope #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"If you can find a moment to sit, wherever you are, stay there and enjoy doing nothing. Just enjoy your in-breath and out-breath." - Thich Nhat Hanh #sitting #breathing #mindfulness #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

“A garden is a friend you can visit any time.” - Okakura Kakuzo #garden #friend #nature #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Know then that the body is merely a garment. Go seek the wearer, not the cloak." - Rumi #body #soul #schnauzer #schnazuergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes." - Thich Nhat Hanh #home #mindfulness #present #happiness #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

Live freely in the moment. "Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water." - D.T. Suzuki #life #freedom #now #fly #swim #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings." - Pema Chodron #compassion #kinship #interbeing #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

HAPPY CONTINUATION DAY NISEAG! "The day you call your birthday is really a day to remember your continuation. Every day you are alive is a continuation day. Every day you transform. Some part of you is being born and some part is dying." - Thich Nhat Hanh #continuation #birthday #schnauzer #dog

"Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.” - Jean Rhys #books #reading #home #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

Enjoy the HERE and NOW! "Stress is caused by being 'here' but wanting to be 'there'." - Eckhart Tolle #now #here #stress #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging." - Denis Healey #hole #dig #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"We are the eyes of the cosmos. So that in a way, when you look deeply into somebody's eyes, you're looking deep into yourself, and the other person is looking deeply into the same self." - Alan Watts #unity #oneness #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"Any doorway that leads you to a deeper understanding of who you are is worthwhile." - Rodney Yee #doorway #understanding #mindfulness #meditation #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." - William Arthur Ward #realist #life #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still." - Pico Iyer #sitting #peace #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

"We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path." - Paulo Coelho #path #discrimination #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

The best things in life are free. "I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes." - Khalil Gibran #laughter #fortune #life #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky

“You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.” - Eckhart Tolle #mindfulness #being #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dogsofbluesky