“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” ~ Albert Camus . “Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I am with you kid. Let’s go.” ~ Maya Angelou . […]
“It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more ‘manhood’ to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.” ~ Alex Karras True Strength is not mastering your […]
For all of you who out there are angry or afraid or sad or annoyed — for all of you who are frustrated or confused or lost or disheartened, there is a Way that will lead you directly back to a life of deep Meaning & profound Peace & unbridled Joy … It is a […]
“There might not be angels, but there are people who might as well be angels.” ~ David Foster Wallace If we have the energy to pray for someone, we have the energy to do something Kind for them. There is no need to pray for divine intervention when we can Be Divine.
“Hark! the music of the angels Floating onward still we hear; Blessèd music, sweetest chorus Ever sung to mortal ear.” ~ F. Crosby … How blessed that we are each able to rise up through fear and fatigue to Care for the downtrodden … How blessed that we are each able to rise up through […]
A Zen story tells of a man who came home one evening and found a thief placing his possessions into a sack. In Zen fashion, the homeowner decided to just sit down quietly and watch. At some point, the thief saw the man and dashed out of the house, dropping a bowl from his sack. […]
“It is a very healthy endeavor now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” ~ inspired by Bertrand Russell … & where shall we start hanging those question marks? How about on the following: belief #01: It is both right & effective to punish “evil people” […]
“The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for Work that is real.” ~ Marge Percy . “All doubt, despair and fear become insignificant once the intention of life becomes Love, rather than the dependence upon being loved.” ~ Sri da Avabhas . “Pilgrim, are you walking with your heart or with your […]
It is indeed important to awaken to the Truth that every one of life’s challenges & every one of its difficulties is a teacher, AND YET, this wisdom fails to mention the most important Truth of all: that our ultimate Happiness rests not in seeing our trials & tragedies as lessons, but rather in USING […]
“Some people expend a tremendous amount of energy merely to be normal.” ~ Albert Camus . “Let the Beauty we love be what we Do. There are thousands of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” ~ Rumi (via Coleman Barks) . “You cannot leap a twenty foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps.” ~ unknown
“Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.” ~ Serbian proverb Such a misconstrued concept, humility … We have been taught that humility is subservience, or grovelling, or weakness, or obedience, or even low self-esteem. In Reality, humility is the opposite … Humility is the ultimate Strength […]
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