Just as a rock is not shaken by a storm,
a wise person is not affected by praise or blame
The Dhammapada, 81
Sunday Quote: Winds
Month: August 2025
Hurry
We are obsessed with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute. But as the poet William Stafford says, ‘The more you hurry, the more you feel like a stranger to your own life.’
The human soul does not want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed – to be seen, heard, and companioned exactly as it is.
Parker Palmer, On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
Our pain
All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain.
If we do not transform our pain,
we will transmit it to those around us.
Richard Rohr
Patience
Patience is a form of wisdom.
It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact
that sometimes things must unfold in their own time,
Jon Kabat Zinn
our only problem
All that we are looking for in life – all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind – is right here in the present moment.
Our very own awareness is itself fundamentally pure and good.
The only problem is that we get so caught up in the ups and downs of life that we don’t take the time to pause and notice what we already have.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, In Love with the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
Through
When there is no way out, there is still always a way through. So don’t turn away from the pain.
Face it. Feel it fully. Feel it — don’t think about it! Express it if necessary, but don’t create a script in your mind around it. Give all your attention to the feeling, not to the person, event, or situation that seems to have caused it. Don’t let the mind use the pain to create a victim identity for yourself out of it. Feeling sorry for yourself and telling others your story will keep you stuck in suffering. Since it is impossible to get away from the feeling, the only possibility of change is to move into it; otherwise, nothing will shift. So give your complete attention to what you feel, and refrain from mentally labeling it.
Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
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