Self-compassion involves acting the same way towards yourself when you are having a difficult time, fail, or notice something you don’t like about yourself.
Instead of just ignoring your pain with a ‘stiff upper lip’ mentality,
you stop to tell yourself, ‘This is really difficult right now,’
how can I comfort and care for myself in this moment?”
Kristen Neff, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
Little by Little you must train yourself for life, for happiness.
You probably received a college degree that you spent years working for,
and you thought that happiness would be possible after you got it.
But that was not true, because after getting the degree and finding a job,
you continued to suffer.
You have to realize that happiness is not something you find at the end of the road. You have to understand that it is here, now.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh
It’s not what we are doing that is important, but the care, kindness, and integrity we put into even the smallest thing.
Do not seek to do extraordinary things;
Just do ordinary things with extraordinary love.
Saint Francis de Sales, whose feast day was yesterday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 10
The forest is peaceful , why aren’t you?
You hold onto the things that are causing you confusion.
Let nature teach you. Hear the birdsong, then let go.
If you know nature, you’ll know the truth
If you know truth, You’ll know nature
Ajahn Chah
To be human is to be a conversation between what we think we know and the great mystery that surrounds us.
We are not here to conquer that mystery, but to live inside it, to let it shape us, to let it ask its impossible questions of us.
David Whyte, Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity
Become at ease with the state of “not knowing.” This takes you beyond mind because the mind is always trying to conclude and interpret. It is afraid of not knowing. So, when you can be at ease with not knowing, you have already gone beyond the mind. A deeper knowing that is non-conceptual then arises out of that state.
Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks
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