Purpose

If you've ever felt inspired by a purpose or calling, you know the feeling of spirit working through you. Wayne Dyer

Always

There is always something left to love. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Awareness

The habit of ignoring our present moments in favor of others yet to come leads directly to a pervasive lack of awareness of the web of life in which we are embedded. Jon Kabat-Zinn

Growing

No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in. Gail Sheehy

Spring

How can we ever lose interest in life? Spring has come again and cherry trees bloom in the mountains. Ryokan

Peace

The mind that turns ever outward will have no end to craving.
Only the mind turned inward will find a still-point of peace. Tao

Wisdom

Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being. Patanjali

Seeing

Everything has a bright and dark side to it. Those who see only the dark side of things bring sorrow and pain upon themselves. To those who are able to see at the same time the bright side of it, every day is a good day. Yunmen

Kindness

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that. Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Imitation

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James A. Baldwin

Stillness

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

Ego

The ego is a self-justifying historian which seeks only that information that agrees with it, rewrites history when it needs to and does not even see the evidence that threatens it. Unknown

The Best

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. Helen Keller

Thrown Out

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. Pema Chodron

Quiet and Meditation

Every man must take time daily for quiet and meditation. In daily meditation lies the secret of power. No one can grow in either spiritual knowledge or power without it. H. Emilie Cady

Bending

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. Bruce Lee 

Laughter

The most useless day of all is that in which we have not laughed. Sebastian R. N. Champort

Elsewhere

All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. Rumi

Absence of Thought

Your degree of absence of thought is your measuring stick on the spiritual path.  Ramana Maharshi 

Thinking

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. William James 

Illusion

It is an illusion to think that more comfort means more happiness. Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

Storm Jameson

Life

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. Colette 

Hope

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

Smiles

If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

Soul

No one can give a definition of the soul. But we know what it feels like. The soul is the sense of something higher than ourselves, something that stirs in us thoughts, hopes, and aspirations which go out to the world of goodness, truth and beauty. The soul is a burning desire to breathe in this world of light and never to lose it-to remain children of light.

Albert Schweitzer

Breathing

Your body is your first home: "Breathing in, I arrive in my body. Breathing out, I am home." Thich Nhat Hanh

Normal ?

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. Maya Angelou

Opportunity

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life than death. James Byrnes 

Grace

The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail. Ramakrishna

Celebrate

Celebrate aloneness, celebrate your pure space, and great song will arise in your heart. Osho

Beginner

Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. Meister Eckhart