Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes

I don't know if I'm ready to know what triggers my anger. I just feel like I figured out on my own how to stay calm, how to enjoy life, how to be happy.

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

I hope I will be a calm mother; I do yoga and I meditate, and those should help.

If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.

It's all about balance and, I think, being in the moment.

Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle.

As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.

There was one point in time that I wasn't fighting, and I was frustrated and I was getting in trouble.

I spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do... Now I pray a lot. I do whatever I need to do to keep me out of that anger, out of that place where I can't grow and be better.

Take a deep breath, listen to your favorite song and realize everything is gonna be okay, nothing is permanent.

In the madness, you have to find calm.

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.

Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm.

I don't lose my temper. I used to, but I realised I would probably die of a brain hemorrhage. So I've governed myself not to mind about things. I have no road rage or anything like that. Because it's life-shortening. And also, there's no need for it; it uses up energy.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue.

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.

I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation.

I'm not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn't like what they were saying. Just lash out. 'Bam - shut up! Hahahah!' I was terrible.

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out.