Natalie Goldberg Quotes

I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos.

Change can be uncomfortable and scary. But I believe change exists to teach us to appreciate and enjoy the right now.

#1 Never Get Used to Anything.

One of the secrets to life is saying yes to change and allowing things to transition, but I also think you have to mark the time and give thanks for all that it gave you.

Life is where you're at. Whatever you're doing is enough. You don't need to do everything well all the time. When you live your life like that, it's a huge relief.

You have to make peace with life.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

I just consciously try to enjoy the good things that are happening. And if it ended tomorrow, that would be fine.

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

I can't be smug, because I know that you can lose anything at any point. And I can't be angry, because I haven't lost it.

I've been really aware of how important it is to me to just stay in the moment and enjoy it while it lasts. Because that's all you've got. If it ends, I'll move on to doing something else. If it lasts, great.

I think as I've gotten older, I've learned to look at life and take every day as it comes.

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.

Life is having its way with me now. And I'm really pleased.

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.

I am trying so hard to live in the moment and enjoy it while it's happening, because it feels like a moving freight train that I just got on, and I'm trying not to look back and get dizzy!

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment. I want to feel it all because I've realized nothing lasts.

With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

I don't think it's good to try and change anyone. The trick and the mystery - of relationships and life in general - is to learn to live with the bits you don't like.

When you stop comparing what is right here and now with what you wish were, you can begin to enjoy what is.

The main thing I've learned is that we all have to learn to work with - and appreciate - the brain we've been given, and not waste time wishing things were easier.