God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the things we can, And wisdom to know the difference. — TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 Most of us all have heard of AA’s serenity prayer, and understand that life is full of instances where life tests you to…
Month: July 2017
The Warm Glow Of A Heart At Peace
Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself. — Norman Vincent Peale One of the great benefits of my sabbatical was relearning that any happiness that is derived from a possession is temporary. Yes one of these days, I’d still…
Gratitude To Those Who Make Life Difficult
Eventually we will find that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult for us. — Ayya Khema In my youth, I would have had a hard time accepting this wisdom, but as I have become older and hopefully wiser, the more I know how very true Ayya Khema’s…
Be Careful Where You Toss a Fisherman’s Hook
Anger or hatred is like a fisherman’s hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it. –– His Holiness the Dalai Lama Suzy is the fisher-person in our family. She has caught a marlin, lots of crappie and bass, and a tarpon, among others. I on the other…
No One Is Left Behind
The summit is sweeter when no one is left behind. — Tori Murden McLure “No one is left behind” sounds like a a political campaign, but Tori is talking about an expedition where success and failure are shared experiences. This is much like sports teams, where individual statistics may be important to some, but the…