Tara Brach Quotes

There's an idea I came across a few years ago that I love: My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance and in inverse proportion to my expectations. That's the key for me. If I can accept the truth of 'This is what I'm facing - not what can I expect but what I am experiencing now' - then I have all this freedom to do other things.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

I think... the secret is to just settle for the shape of your life takes...Instead of you know, always waiting and wishing for what might make you happy.

By letting go of what you thought was going to happen in your life, you can enjoy what is actually happening.

If I could change the way I live my life today, I wouldn't change a single thing.

If you don't embrace who you are and accept who you are, you won't be able to live a happy life.

There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.

I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.

Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or be to experience it. All we have to do is stop driving it away.

I have no regrets in my life whatsoever.

I don't have any regrets in my life actually. I think that's a pretty good policy.

One should always be happy, irrespective of what you achieve in a match or in life. That's how I live my life.

All I want is to live a peaceful life, to regain my life and be happy.

I'm very content with my life. I mean, who wouldn't be?

Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.

I'm very happy with my life. I am what I am. I don't worry about anything that I can't control. That's a really good lesson in life.

Whatever state you find yourself in, you're supposed to be content there.

I have no regrets. I can't think of a regret.

Be in this moment, and free yourself of striving for something more or someone else.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

Happiness is allowing yourself to be okay with what is, rather than wishing for, and bemoaning, what is not. Obviously, what is is what is supposed to be, or it would not be. The rest is just you, arguing with life.

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.

That man lives happy and in command of himself, who from day to day can say I have lived. Whether clouds obscure, or the sun illumines the following day, that which is past is beyond recall.

Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.

Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: 'I've arrived.' That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day.