Bess Myerson Quotes

Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost.

No longer forward or behind I look in hope or fear, But grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here.

One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.

Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life.

Focus on what you have.

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path... we learn to savor the small with a grateful heart.

Before, I always lived in anticipation . . . that it was all a preparation for something else, something "greater," more "genuine." But that feeling has dropped away from me completely. I live here and now, this minute, this day, to the full, and the life is worth living.

Rest and be thankful.

Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things

I never really look back. I just approach life (taking) it one day at a time. I'm just really grateful.

Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.

What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by feeling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

It's so easy to get whisked away in the hubbub of friends, work and busy-ness, but we need to take the time to be still and become aware of ourselves. The small things. The fact that we're still breathing. Our ability to move. The presence of love around and in us. Our strengths. Our opportunities. Our journeys.

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

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.

The tools of 'The Prosperous Heart' help people to embrace the life that they actually have, where they often find that they already have 'enough.'

Whenever you're feeling grateful, you are not feeling frustrated and angry and all those negative states that we go into. And that's a big benefit in and of itself.

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

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.