Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go,
non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness
practice. You read more

Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go,
non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness
practice. You might experiment with using the cultivation of generosity as
a vehicle for deep self-observation and inquiry as well as an exercise in
giving. A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give
yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or
some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to
accept these gifts without obligation-to simply receive from yourself, and
from the universe.

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complains, never explains read more

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a
lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a
lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches
you a lesson.

It is overdoing the thing to die for love.

It is overdoing the thing to die for love.

The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly
the idea, buried deep in our read more

The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly
the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path
to its fulfillment.

Ninety percent of success is showing up.

Ninety percent of success is showing up.

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or
inhabitants.

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or
inhabitants.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving
anything in return.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving
anything in return.