Thursday, May 31, 2012

Stillness


In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. Deepak Chopra

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Mental Stability


Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidance. Vernon Howard

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Dance


We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. Japanese Proverb

Monday, May 28, 2012

The Center


In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable. Dag Hammarskjöld

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Faith


Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Martin Luther King, Jr

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Home


We can sense the ever-changing waves around us, and breathe and relax. We can rest in the eternal present, the still-point. We can learn that no matter what happens, we are home. Jack Kornfield

Friday, May 25, 2012

Great Gymnasium


The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. Swami Vivekananda

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Late


Travelers, it is late.
Life's sun is going to set.
During these brief days that you have strength,
be quick and spare no effort of your wings.

Rumi

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Attention


The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. Henry Miller

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Monday, May 21, 2012

Mind


It is our mind, and that alone, that chains us or sets us free. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Beauty


There is no end to the beauty for the person who is aware. Even the cracks between the sidewalk contain geometric patterns of amazing beauty. Matthew Fox

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Together


We are one, after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other. Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

Friday, May 18, 2012

Abundance


Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself. Rumi

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Mind


Develop a mind that is vast like the water, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle, or harm. Rest in a mind like vast water. Buddha

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Awakening


Becoming "awake" involves seeing our confusion more clearly. Chögyam Trungpa

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Direction


If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. Ancient Buddhist Saying

Monday, May 14, 2012

The Best


You must be resolutely determined that whatever you do shall always be the best of which you are capable. Charles E. Popplestone

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Fortunate or Unfortunate


One is never as fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Hope and Focus


I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. Dalai Lama

Friday, May 11, 2012

Loving and Silent


Become more loving and more silent. It is a difficult task! Be loving to others, and when you are alone be silent. Osho

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Glorious


Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. There lies the land of song; there lies the poet's native land. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Wrong Road?


Don't feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road - turn around! Edgar Cayce

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Movement


Life is movement. The more life there is, the more flexibility there is. The more fluid you are, the more you are alive. Rnaud Desjardins

Monday, May 7, 2012

Education


There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Purpose


It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. Hugo Black 

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Beginning Again


If I were to begin life again, I should want it just as it was; only I would open my eyes a little more. Jules Renard 

Friday, May 4, 2012

Shadows


When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.
Austin O'Malley 

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Failure?


I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Being


Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow. Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Love


Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu