Tara Brach Quotes

Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.

I know that the purpose of life is to understand and be in the present moment with the people you love. It's just that simple.

Suddenly life has new meaning to me, there's beauty up above and things we never take notice of, you wake up suddenly you're in love.

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.

I love life. There's so much to learn and see all the time, and nothing nicer for me than to wake up, and the sky is blue.

I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.

If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.

The thing I really love about my fans is the vulnerability and openness, the crying and the hugs. They are so kind.

All the windows of my heart I open to the day.

Take love when love is given.

Love revels in and grows in the moment and the joy of the moment.

Wherever we are we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other and the wonder of our breathing.

If you become a little alert you will find love, light, laughter, everywhere.

I'd known that I had the capacity to love, that I enjoyed seeing other people be happy, that I had a real awe and wonder about the beauty of this world.

After my daughter was born, I made a promise to myself to live in the moment.

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.

It's important to e alive in those moment, especially when you're doing something you love to do.

Being happy never goes out of style.

The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.

I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is.

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

My daughter and I have this thing we call a PMA: 'perfect moment alert.' I try to really notice when we're having a PMA.