I wish I could show you, 

when you are lonely or in darkness, 

the astonishing light 

of your own being.

 

- Hafiz of Shiraz -

We will be more successful in all our endeavors

 if we can let go of the habit of running all the time,

 and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves.

 And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.

 

 -Thich Nhat Hanh -

Bedankt Frieda!

You do not need to take other people's pain
and suffering into your heart.
This world is filled with enough suffering
without trying to spread it.
Rather, touch the pain and suffering you find
and meet it with love and spaciousness.

This is what we call compassion.

- Lazy Yogi -

Knowing others is intelligence;

knowing yourself is true wisdom.

- Lao Tzu -

Press on.

 

 Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow

 

 as they are today. 

 

 

- Robert H. Schuller -

Marc Johns

If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. 

But if you make up your mind to be happy,

 no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.

 

- Paramahansa Yogananda -

Our past experiences may help shape us,

 but they only define who we are if we choose those definitions.

 

 We can be victims, or we can be survivors.

 

 We can be helpless and hopeless, or we can be badass warriors.

 

 In every moment of every day, the choice is ours.

 

 

 

Even in the darkest night,

 if you strike a match,

 the shadows will flee. 

This is a law of nature; 

the darkness yields to the light,

 no matter how small the flame.

- Jared White -

Creativity 

 

is the openness to play

 

 when everyone else 

 

wants to play it safe.

 

 

 

Marc Johns

All of our emotions are our babies. 

 

Treat them tenderly, care for them. 

 

Be with them. 

 

Understanding and compassion 

 

will ultimately transform them.

 

 

- Thich Nhat Hanh-

 

 

 

May I accept other beings, exactly as they are in this moment.
May I accept this moment exactly as it is.
May I accept myself exactly as I am in this moment.

- ​Michael Kewley -