Conventional wisdom tells us “Don’t make permanent plans with temporary people”, and yet the Soul knows that all people are temporary, and all plans only as reliable as the wind. Besides, the Soul knows that true LOVE remains even after a Beloved departs; that in order to remain warm, there is no need to capture […]
Conventional wisdom tells us “If you act like a victim, you will be treated like one”, and yet the Soul knows that as soon as you believe there is such a thing as a victim at all, you have already become one …
Conventional wisdom tells us to “Read widely; think broadly; judge wisely”, and yet the Soul knows that as long as we are judging another being at all, then all of our reading will have been to no avail and all of our thinking will remain essentially worthless …
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Some lessons are best learned through pain”, and yet the Soul knows that a lesson is only learned though pleasure when pleasure is replaced by Peace; and that a lesson is only learned through pain when pain is replaced by gratitude. For the Wise know that giving IS receiving; and […]
Conventional wisdom tells us that “You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are full of yesterday’s leftovers”, and yet the Soul knows that as long as you are reaching for anything – be it new or old, your hands will remain forever empty …
Conventional wisdom tells us that “The perfect time to start something new never arrives”, and yet the Soul knows that — whether we are starting something new or continuing a task already at hand — now is always the perfect time to do so …
Conventional wisdom tells us “Free yourself from negative people”, and yet the Soul knows that abandoning those who are “mean” or “cruel” or “annoying” makes you just as negative as they; that the Light of Love can only soothe another’s shadows when it is carried boldly into the darkness that surrounds them … (art by […]
Conventional wisdom tells us “What you allow is what will continue”, and yet the Soul knows that it is in striving to alter the other that we actually persuade them to remain the same; and that it is in openly & actively accepting others as they already are that we free them to become all […]
Conventional wisdom tells us “To get what you want, you must get rid of what you don’t”, and yet the Soul knows that as long as you want for yourself, you will never receive what you truly need …
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Whenever you criticize a friend, be sure to dip your blade in honey”, and yet the Soul knows that all words spoken without Care – whether said sweetly or with bitterness — injure the hearer once and the speaker twofold …
Conventional wisdom tells us “Give it your best shot and then let go. If something is meant to be, it will be”, and yet the Soul knows that the only things that are “meant to be” are the things that are courageously Done …
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