
It is really easy to be kind to others
when I remember that none of us came into this world
with a manual about how to get it all right.
Jill Bolte Taylor, neuroscientist and author

Our essential being is perfect, like boundless space,
which is complete in itself with nothing lacking.
It is our rejection of what is present
or our seeking of what is not present
that determines whether or not we feel the peace and happiness that are our very nature.
Seng-ts’an, the Third Ch’an Patriarch, Hsin Hsin Ming [Rupert Spira’s translation ]
Many of us have been running all our lives. We have the feeling that we need to run – into the future, away from the past, out from wherever we are.
In truth, we don’t need to go anywhere.
We just need to sit down and look deeply to discover that the whole cosmos is right here within us.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Life is not somewhere waiting for you, it is happening in you. It is not in the future as a goal to be arrived at, it is here now, this very moment — in your breathing, circulating in your blood, beating in your heart – whatsoever you are is your life, and if you start seeking meaning somewhere else, you will miss it.
Osho