“Life is utterly simple and yet most complex. You have to simultaneously attend to both facets of life. When life appears most complex, turn to simplicity. Simplicity brings peace. When you are peaceful attend to the complexity within you. That will make you skillful. “If you are only with simplicity, it makes you lazy and…
“There are two ways of spreading light… To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton All it takes is appreciation — of anything, my friend — and you spread light. You can’t go wrong when you appreciate just as you can’t go wrong when you love. Look for things to…
“What people do not understand is that you do not choose something by looking at it and shouting “Yes, I would like some of that!” You make your choices by your attention to things. In this Universe that is based on attraction, when you look at an unwanted thing, your attention to it causes an…
“If you fill your heart with love and gratitude, you will find yourself surrounded by so much that you can love and that you can feel grateful for, and you can even get closer to enjoying the life of health and happiness that you seek. But what will happen if you emit signals of hate,…
“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.” ~ Helen Keller We learn and grow through life’s challenges and often the knowledge gained is proportionate to the…
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet What if this were true, my friend? What…
“Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself.” ~ Victoria Moran, Lit From Within Happiness is contagious, my friend. Ever noticed? When you’re around someone who’s happy, smiling, vibrant, you can’t help…
“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods…
“When you get up in the morning, you have two choices – either to be happy or to be unhappy. Just choose to be happy.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale It really is that simple, my friend. Everyone has things in their life to be unhappy about. And everyone has things in their life to be…
“At first, keeping all the different parts of your body in alignment is like herding wild monkeys. Plus, in the beginning, it may hurt, too, so beginners are often afraid to do it. “This leads me to one of the most important lessons America has ever taught me: “No pain, no gain.” In India, we…