“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.” –Pema Chödrön My Yoga instructor is always encouraging me to open my heart in a physical sense — throw back my chest, squeeze my clavicles, etc. But I also think she is encouraging me…
Month: August 2016
Pressure
“I recall someone saying to me, ‘Anger is fear under pressure.’ I’ve found it to be true. Behind anger fear is always lurking.” — Anon A friend sent me the above. I much prefer the famous quote of Hemingway’s used by JFK in his Profiles In Courage — “Courage is grace under pressure.” On vacation…
Meditation and Service
It is easier to meditate than to actually do something for others. — The Dalai Lama I write often about the benefits of meditation and prayer especially first thing in the morning. But the Dalai Lama is correct. Our meditation should form the basis for action, for going forward with the opportunities that God sets before us…
Honor the Balance
One way to overcome the anxieties created by everyday life is to turn our thoughts to the balance and harmony that God created in this Universe of ours. Even stars bursting and dark holes spinning in reverse millions of years ago are part of the balance that is today. On our small planet, a distant…
Marking Time
I don’t know about y’all, but if I’m not careful I will spend a day, a month, a year, marking time waiting for the fates to intervene. Waiting for the fates is kind of like watching a pot until it boils. It never boils until you turn around to do something else. The fates…