“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” ~ Helen Keller Though we hate it, suffering brings clarity of purpose. And the desire for change coupled with the determination to make it real will follow on that clarity’s…
“We’re in a freefall into future. We don’t know where we’re going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you’re going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It’s a very interesting…
“The Vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta, is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.” ~ Swami Vivekananda Your alignment with Spirit, my friend, is the…
“Listen with your heart and not just your ears and you’ll find clarity.” ~ Collette Baron-Reid Too much time spent in your head following your thoughts as they run around in circles does not bring clarity, my friend, it just brings tension and confusion. Clarity will come with a quiet mind — when you can…
“The body is inherently a collection of seamless networks rather than a collection of separate parts. These connective tissues surround, support and penetrate all of the muscles, nerves and organs. This is the stuff that shapes us and gives us both stability and mobility.” ~ Rich Ennis Sometimes we get so caught up in the…
“There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.” ~ Buddha Without contrast we’d never know what we like and don’t like. We wouldn’t know what we want and what we don’t want. How would we know who, what, and where we want to be? How would we set our…
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ~ Alan Watts Change is inevitable, my friend, it is what life is about. From beginning to end, nothing ever stays the same. Think of it; conception, gestation, birth, living, dying, and eventually death…
“Thought is pure energy. Every thought you have, have ever had, and ever will have is creative. The energy of your thought never ever dies. Ever. It leaves your being and heads out into the universe, extending forever. A thought is forever.” ~ Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God One single thought doesn’t carry a significant…
“Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones is not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth. It could even sometimes…
“To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that’s what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself but for one’s community.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg May you honor the spirit of this message, my friend, and make yours a meaningful life.