“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend."
Anger is the real destroyer of our good human qualities; an enemy with a weapon cannot destroy these qualities, but anger can.
Anger is our real enemy.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
We are all equally special. We need to focus on what is right for ourselves. As we focus on what is right for ourselves, we will start to see our special gifts. Then we can see how to share our special gifts with others.
Bad Habits
In the root and stem of your own psyche there is an accumulation of bad habits, If you cannot see through them and act independently of them, you will unavoidably get bogged down along the way.
Zen Master Yuansou
"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art
of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of
non-essentials."
--Lin Yutang
Tomorrow’s problems; are not for today
Stuff just happens; life comes my way
I need not worry; he will show me the way
I just have ask; and live in today
The freedom that comes; it was always there
So simple and easy not even a care
Happiness never runs out when we know how to share
"Thousands of candles can be lit by one candle and the life of that candle will never be extinguished. Happiness never dries up when we know how to share."
You can take one arrow and break it in half. But if you take 12 arrows in a bundle, it's almost impossible to break any of them. There is strength in Unity. When we are together we are very powerful.
As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished.
No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. … That is why people are
always searching for a meaning to life… Meaning is only found when
you go beyond meaning. Life only makes sense when you perceive it
If your mind becomes firm like a rock
And no longer shakes
In a world where everything is shaking,
Your mind will be your greatest friend
And suffering will not come your way.
-Theragatha