Bre Wiebe
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Bre Wiebe
Next time you feel low, put yourself in a growth mindset—think about learning, challenge, confronting obstacles. Think about effort as a positive, constructive force, not as a big drag.
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
However, this moment is more than a reflection of our day-to-day life—it is a deep reminder for us to pause and to be present to the details of the everyday.
Patricia Donegan • Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
our instinct is to rush through anything that doesn’t feel instantly meaningful. the second a moment feels slow, we distract ourselves. we pick up our phone, start planning the next thing, or tell ourselves the real day will begin once we’re being productive again. but some of the most quietly meaningful moments don’t announce themselves. they need... See more
Our attention is sacred. It’s an act of worship in itself. An act of spiritual, mental, and emotional formation. When you give something your attention – a movie, a conversation, a project at work – you’re declaring it the most important thing in your life. It may sound dramatic, but at its core, it’s true. When you pay attention to something,... See more
Grace Capobianco • What We Talk About When We Talk About God
Start small and learn fast. Your first move doesn't need to be perfect; it just needs to teach you something. Focus more on the next small step that moves you closer to the goal.
Motion creates momentum, and momentum reveals opportunities that standing still never could.
Motion creates momentum, and momentum reveals opportunities that standing still never could.
Brain Food: Greats Don't Wait
To live a life of gratitude is to open our eyes to the countless ways in which we are supported by the world around us. Such a life provides less space for our suffering because our attention is more balanced.
Gregg Krech • Naikan: Gratitude, Grace, and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection
Contracting our attention into the moment is hard, but it increases its potency, just as the brevity of words increases the potency of an idea, creating deeper grooves in the mind. If brevity is the soul of wit, then presence is the soul of experience. We cannot be fully ourselves until we are fully in the moment—attention nowhere but here.
Isabel Hazan • distillation
I am also slowly learning that being present is not just about giving my full attention to whatever is happening right now. It is also about recognising that what I have is good, and then wanting what I have.