Understand that the present moment is what it is and then do what you need to do

"So, you're not saying sit around, let everything wash over you, let people cut you off in your car. You're saying understand that it is what it is right now--" (Dan Harris)

"And then do what you need to do,"..."Make the present moment your friend rather than your enemy. Because many people live habitually as if the present moment were an obstacle that they need to overcome in order to get to the next moment. And imagine living your whole life like that, where always this moment is never quite right, not good enough because you need to get to the next one. That is continuous stress." Eckhart Tolle

- 10% Happier by Dan Harris

Gusts of wind

"... what if somebody cuts you off in your car?" (Dan Harris)
"It's fine. It's like a sudden gust of wind. I don't personalize a gust of wind, and so it's simply what is." (Eckhart Tolle)

- 10% Happier by Dan Harris

whatever was coming next would definitely be better

"...in a deadline-dominated world of news, I was always hurtling headlong through the day, checking things off my to-do list, constantly picturing completion instead of calmly and carefully enjoying the process. The unspoken assumption behind most of my forward momentum was that whatever was coming next would definitely be better. Only when I reached that ineffable ... whatever ... would I be totally satisfied."

- 10% Happier by Dan Harris