So few grains of happiness, measured against all the dark, and still the scales balance. The world asks of us only the strength we have and we give it. Then it asks more, and we give it. — Jane Hirshfield, The Weighing. I was sent the above today, and I took it as a sign to pass it on. We all have…
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Trees — The Wisest of Teachers
This weekend we were driving the Blue Ridge Parkway through the Pisgah National Forest. At one of the many overlooks, I saw thousands of acres of trees. I mean thousands. Green as far as my eyes could see, and I thought to myself, how wonderful. People had the foresight to preserve this forest not just…
We Are Never One Thing
We are never one thing, our lumbering potentialities stirred into being by situations in which chance and choice conspire to make us the people we are said to have been. — Maria Popova. When I speak to groups I often talk about my journey without maps. When I came across Popova’s words they struck home. We all…
Practice and Training
The more you practice the three trainings of ethics, meditation, and wisdom, the more difficult it will become for you to act in a way that is contrary to an ethical, compassionate attitude. Ethics arise naturally out of contemplating the three trainings. — Buddhist Teaching People ask me all the time why I read the…
Spiritual Health
Before my transplant apparently every body knew I was sick but me. I suspect the same goes for spiritual health. The last person to come to terms with my spiritual health is me. That’s why sometimes God intervenes in our life with a wake up call. We get caught up in our attempts at material…