Can you feel that starting where you are,
and relating from where you are,
is much more empowering than starting
with the demand that it be otherwise?
Phillip Moffitt
Wanting it to be otherwise
Tag: Present moment
Sunday Quote: The inner voice
You will never be able to escape from your heart.
So it is better to listen to what it has to say
Paolo Coehlo, The Alchemist
Open your eyes
One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself
“What if I had never seen this before?”
What if I knew I would never see it again?
Rachel Carson, 1907 – 1964, American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist
Simple truth
No amount of anxiety
makes any difference
to anything that is going to happen
Alan Watts
Comparing
The real essence of good is found only within things under your own control.
If you keep this in mind, you won’t find yourself feeling jealous or lonely, pitifully comparing yourself and your accomplishments to others.
Epictetus, died 135 AD, Stoic philosopher, Enchiridion, Chapter 19
Ever perfect
We are made, the scriptures of all religions assure us, in the image of God. Nothing can change that original goodness. Whatever mistakes we have made in the past, whatever problems we may have in the present, in every one of us this ‘uncreated spark in the soul’ remains untouched, ever pure, ever perfect. Even if we try with all our might to douse or hide it, it is always ready to set our personality ablaze with light.
Eknath Easwaran, Original Goodness
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