In the paintings I was always interested in taking elements of space and the reality that we know and dissolving it into patterns.
We wrongly but persistently expect to make different decisions tomorrow than we do today
My favorite definition of the mindful path is the one the reveals itself as you walk down it. You cannot find the path until you step on to it.
When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage.
Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows.
According to the American Psychological Association, the most effective stress-relief strategies are exercising or playing sports, praying or attending a religious service, reading, listening to music, spending time with friends or family, getting a massage, going outside of ra walk, meditating or doing yoga, and spending time with a creative hobby. (The least effective strategies are gambling, shopping, smoking, drinking, eating, playing video games, surfing the Internet, and watching TV or movies for more than two hours.
The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (. . . ) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most— are the foundation for self-control.
Certain names always awake certain prejudices.
My mom was in education, and I remember reading in one of her books about multiple intelligences - this whole theory about how there are all these different ways you can be intelligent, like eight or 10 of them or something. And one of them is emotional.
In America, establishment politicians have betrayed our workers, they've betrayed our borders and, most of all, they've betrayed our freedoms.
I was born to an Arab father and I was born Islamic.