“Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.” ~ Paramahansa Yogananda We’re taught as children to treat others the way we like to be treated. It’s the Golden Rule. We all learn it. Very simply, my friend, it boils down to kindness. In every interaction with everyone everywhere, use kindness.
“Everything has boundaries. The same holds true with thought. You shouldn’t fear boundaries, but you should not be afraid of destroying them. That’s what is most important if you want to be free: respect for and exasperation with boundaries.” ~ Haruki Murakami We experience boundaries in every aspect of our lives. From universal laws like…
“Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” ~ Greg Anderson Have you ever noticed how the anticipation and excitement about what’s to come is almost more enjoyable than the event itself? Or maybe the event itself turns out to be a disappointment. It…
“The agony of breaking through personal limitations is the agony of spiritual growth. Art, literature, myth and cult, philosophy, and ascetic disciplines are instruments to help the individual past his limiting horizons into spheres of ever-expanding realization.” ~ Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces That right there, my friend, is why we do BeneFIT’s…
“The human mind is far more fertile, far more incredible and mysterious than the land, but it works the same way. It doesn’t care what we plant…success…or failure. A concrete, worthwhile goal…or confusion, misunderstanding, fear, anxiety, and so on. But what we plant it must return to us. “You see the human mind is the…
“I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi To err is human, my friend. As human beings none of us is perfect. There will be moments when we…
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci You don’t have to be aggressive in your ‘happening to things,’ my friend, but don’t just sit back and let things happen to…
“Traditionally it is said that the root of aggression and suffering is ignorance. But what is it that we are ignoring? Entrenched in the tunnel vision of our personal concerns, what we ignore is our kinship with others. One reason we train as warrior-bodhisattvas is to recognize our inter-connectedness — to grow in understanding that…
“Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.” ~ John F. Kennedy All change is gradual, my friend. It starts with a decision and gathers strength with commitment. It will be challenged and tested. How much do you want it? What are you…
“Flexibility is consciously letting go.” ~ Emmy Cleaves Everything starts in the mind, my friend. Tension, tightness, struggle all come about when we resist and let the monkey mind run wild. Things are never as bad as we imagine. Try taking a deep breath and, letting it out slowly, decide to be open to other…