When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.
Bren BrownRead
A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.
Interpretation
What this quote means
A fulfilling life comes from appreciating everyday moments instead of constantly chasing extraordinary experiences.
Brené Brown highlights the importance of gratitude in our lives. She suggests that many people overlook the simple, everyday moments in their quest for extraordinary experiences, yet it is these ordinary moments that can lead to a truly good life. By encouraging us to stop and appreciate the small things, she reminds us that happiness is often found in the mundane rather than in the spectacular.
Themes
GratitudeOrdinary MomentsHappinessAppreciationMindfulness
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech about living in the moment during a mindfulness workshop.
More from Bren Brown
All quotes →Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it's the thing that's really preventing us from taking flight.
Bren BrownRead
Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.
Bren BrownRead
What we know matters but who we are matters more.
Bren BrownRead
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.
Bren BrownRead
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.
Bren BrownRead
Similar quotes
Instead of looking for the success in your life, look for the thing that is going to bring you the greatest joy.
Oprah WinfreyRead
Joy is the serious business of heaven. Our merriment must be between people who take each other seriously.
C. S. LewisRead
There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.
Dolly PartonRead
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mahatma GandhiRead
I invested in the album. Look, if I never did anything again in music, it wouldn’t affect my life materially. I live a very satisfying life. Not because I’ve made a few dollars, but because I have a wife who loves me and children who wait for me to come home. And that is beautiful. I think that’s the American dream: to be at peace at home.
RzaRead
There is a very Simple Secret to being happy. Just let go of your 'demand' on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You're Arguing with 'What Is' - Your demands keep you chained to the 'dream-state' of the conditioned mind. The desire to 'control'... is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake.
AdyashantiRead