Daniel Smith Quotes

We need to know how we are feeling. Mindfully acknowledging our feelings serves as an 'emotional thermostat' that recalibrates our decision making. It's not that we can't be anxious, it's that we need to acknowledge to ourselves that we are.

Don't believe everything you think - or feel.

I remember that in the past I was overwhelmed with the mystery of anxiety, or the mystery of depression, but now when you feel that feeling coming on you no longer go into fight-or-flight mode. You go: 'Oh, I know what this is' and you ride it out.

Anxiety is an even better teacher than reality, for one can temporarily evade reality by avoiding the distasteful situation; but anxiety is a source of education always present because one carries it within.

We may learn from children how large a part of our grievances is imaginary. But the pain is just as real.

The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.

We are not a victim of our emotions or thoughts. We can understand our triggers and use them as tools to help us respond more objectively.

When you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel.

What's taking place during stress is actually much simpler than a transaction between stressful life events and you. There aren't two parties involved in stress. There is only one - your own mind.

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.

I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.

I'm very emotional. I do feel stuff, for better or worse.

The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.

One reason why it has become harder to promote the beneficial side of emotions such as anger is that the moral vocabulary of good and bad has been replaced by the self-help lexicon of positive and negative thinking.

It is clear to me that one of the biggest obstacles we face as human beings is the pain we put ourselves through when we resist and wrestle with our emotions.

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

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I've treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I've found that to be a tremendous help.

I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.

Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them.

Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.

It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things.

Remember that stress doesn't come from what's going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what's going on in your life.

Maybe I think too much.