{"quotes":[{"text":"The only reason why our minds are controlled is due to the fact that we don't make the conscious effort to control what goes in them.","author":"Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana","tags":["being-present","consciousness-mind-brain","mind-control-programming","mind-power"],"id":69759,"author_id":"Dr.+Jacinta+Mpalyenkana"},{"text":"I believe there are only three businesses: my business, other people's business, and God's business.","author":"Tobe Hanson","tags":["advice","anxiety","being-present","being-present","business","business","chinese-philosophy","depression","eastern-philosophy","god","healing","healing-journey","healing","health","health","knowledge","life","life-coach","life-coaching","life-coaching","life-lessons","life-philosophy","life","meditation","mind","mind-body-soul","mind-body-spirit","motivation","motivational","pain","peace-of-mind","peak-performance","peak-performance-expert","philosophy","philosophy","quotes","on-stress","self-esteem","self-healing","self-help","self-help","self-improvement","soul","spirituality","stress","success","success","suffering","truth","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":98906,"author_id":"Tobe+Hanson"},{"text":"I believe there are only three businesses: my business, other people's business, and God's business.","author":"Tobe Hanson","tags":["advice","anxiety","being-present","being-present","business","business","chinese-philosophy","depression","eastern-philosophy","god","healing","healing-journey","healing","health","health","knowledge","life","life-coach","life-coaching","life-coaching","life-lessons","life-philosophy","life","meditation","mind","mind-body-soul","mind-body-spirit","motivation","motivational","pain","peace-of-mind","peak-performance","peak-performance-expert","philosophy","philosophy","quotes","on-stress","self-esteem","self-healing","self-help","self-help","self-improvement","soul","spirituality","stress","success","success","suffering","truth","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":98906,"author_id":"Tobe+Hanson"},{"text":"It occurred to me to look up and around at the stars in the clear sky, at the trees in the dark, at the half moon. I was missing them because I was caught in my head. I wasn't living right now. I was thinking to the future, to the past. I wasn't present. This is one of my greatest weaknesses, and one I have a greater realization of, only because I allowed some of my past to die so that my present could rush in to fill it.","author":"Jennifer DeLucy","tags":["being-present","inspirational","present-moment","self-awareness","self-improvement"],"id":106901,"author_id":"Jennifer+DeLucy"},{"text":"It occurred to her that all the bad parts of life, the sad parts, the frightening ones, were meant to be offset by moments and memories like this. She had to be present in it, right here, right now.","author":"Martina Boone","tags":["being-present","love","memories","moments","romance","sadness"],"id":116029,"author_id":"Martina+Boone"},{"text":"I believe in not trying to control things that are out of my control or none of my business.","author":"Tobe Hanson","tags":["advice","anxiety","being-present","being-present","depression","eastern-philosophy","fitness","healing","healing-journey","healing","health","health","life","life-coach","life-coaching","life-coaching","life-lessons","life","meditation","mind","mind-body-soul","mind-body-spirit","pain","peace-of-mind","peak-performance-expert","philosophy","philosophy","quotes","on-stress","self-healing","self-help","self-help","self-improvement","soul","spirituality","sports-injury","sports","stress","suffering"],"id":137942,"author_id":"Tobe+Hanson"},{"text":"I believe in not trying to control things that are out of my control or none of my business.","author":"Tobe Hanson","tags":["advice","anxiety","being-present","being-present","depression","eastern-philosophy","fitness","healing","healing-journey","healing","health","health","life","life-coach","life-coaching","life-coaching","life-lessons","life","meditation","mind","mind-body-soul","mind-body-spirit","pain","peace-of-mind","peak-performance-expert","philosophy","philosophy","quotes","on-stress","self-healing","self-help","self-help","self-improvement","soul","spirituality","sports-injury","sports","stress","suffering"],"id":137942,"author_id":"Tobe+Hanson"},{"text":"When we quit focusing on the wrong in the past or the uncertainty of the future, we get to monitor and determine our emotional states, as we enjoy and surrender to our present moment with confidence that we shall be led to our next destination.","author":"Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana","tags":["being-present","confidence","faith","surrender-to-god"],"id":147207,"author_id":"Dr.+Jacinta+Mpalyenkana"},{"text":"Like a child standing in a beautiful park with his eyes shut tight, there's no need to imagine trees, flowers, deer, birds, and sky; we merely need to open our eyes and realize what is already here, who we already are - as soon as we stop pretending we're small or unholy.","author":"Bo Lozoff","tags":["being-present","mindfulness","reality"],"id":196062,"author_id":"Bo+Lozoff"},{"text":"If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present. You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and stuck in the past. The only thing you have any control over is the present moment; simple breathing exercises can make us calm and present instantly.","author":"Tobe Hanson","tags":["advice","anxiety","anxious","beauty","being-present","being-present","body-building","breathing","breathing-awareness","chinese-philosophy","depressed","depression","depression","eastern-philosophy","exercise","fitness","healing","healing-journey","healing","health","health","knowledge","life","life-coach","life-coaching","life-coaching","life-lessons","life-philosophy","life","meditate","meditation","mind","mind-body-soul","mind-body-spirit","motivation","motivational","pain","peace-of-mind","peak-performance","peak-performance-expert","philosophy","philosophy","quotes","self-esteem","self-healing","self-help","self-help","self-improvement","soul","spirituality","sports","sports-injury","sports","success","suffering","truth","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":211212,"author_id":"Tobe+Hanson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}