“The act of desperately trying to find our way back is what convinces us we are lost. And the belief that we are surrounded by barbarians is what convinces us we are alone … And yet we are not lost — and we are not alone … In Truth, we are constantly surrounded by Loved […]
“The beauty is always right there. It’s only a matter of letting it come to your heart.” ~ Sylvia Schmidhuber
“The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied; it has to be lived … Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are remade in the image of what you desire.” ~ Thomas Merton . “Any intelligent fool can make things […]
“We are all born for Love. It is the principle of existence, and life’s only end.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli . “Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” ~ Robert Heinlein . When you are merely “in love” with someone, and they are not nearby to give […]
“Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we’re here we should dance.” ~ unknown . “For if there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life while eluding the implacable grandeur of this one.” ~ Albert Camus . “Light […]
“And therefore, all of those for whom authentic transformation has deeply unseated their souls must wrestle with the profound moral obligation to shout from the heart – though perhaps quietly and gently … You must let that radical realization rumble through your veins and rattle those around you. … And there is no room for […]
“We cannot see things in perspective until we cease to hug them to our own bosom. Only when we let go of them can we begin to appreciate them as they really are. Only then can we begin to see God in them … This, then, is our Wilderness: to live facing imminent despair, but […]
“Confidence is the food of the wise man and the liquor of the fool.” ~ unknown We can’t know real Peace in our lives as long as think we “have it all figured out” … Life is far too unpredictable for our confidence, and far too powerful f or our pride. No matter how well […]
“This is the fundamental change of attitude – this working with pain and pleasure in a revolutionary & courageous way. When we work with pain by leaning into it and pleasure by giving it away, it doesn’t mean that we grin and bear it. The approach is a lot more playful than that – it’s […]
“When we start to develop an unconditional acceptance of ourselves, then we start taking care of ourselves in ways that pay off – we start caring for ourselves by caring for others.” ~ inspired by Pema Chodron . “Once you’ve seen how many people suffer and how little it takes for you to actually change […]
A Biography of Human Life in Five Chapters 1) I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in … I am lost … I am hopeless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. … 2) I walk down the same street. There is […]
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