“We confuse attachment with love. Attachment is concerned with my needs, my happiness, while love is an unselfish attitude, concerned with the needs and happiness of others.” – Kathleen McDonald When we love someone, we want the best for them. We want them to be truly happy and flourish in life. As simple and straightforward…
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Today’s quote reminds us of something we may be aware of, that we actually become the person we choose to be. Of course this does not mean that we become a movie star, famous singer or a…
“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.” Andy Rooney At the end of our lives, when we look back at all we have accomplished or failed to accomplish, what will give value to either? Will the amount of money we made be…
On March 24th, I had the pleasure to join Amy Hadden Marsh on her show, Valley Voices, to discuss mindfulness. Valley Voices is one of KDNK’s longest running public affairs shows. Tune in the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 4:30 pm for conversations about local, regional, national – and sometimes international –…
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” – Helen Keller What makes one action any more important than another? If we are building a house, is the last nail we put in any more significant than…
“After all is said and done, more is said than done.” – Aesop How many times have we said, even with firm conviction, that tomorrow, next week, when things slow down, when I get some time, I am really going to …..? Or how much time have we spent talking about things we are going…
“The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.” – Thomas Merton One of the major causes of…
“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.” Pema Chödrön Why is…
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau When you look at a stranger, what do you see? Do you see the clothes they’re wearing, noting the style or how expensive they are? Do you see their age? Do you see them as attractive or unattractive? Do you…
February 16, 2012 It is such an amazing secret. We actually breathe all the time. I think it may well be one of the best kept secrets of our time. I know that we know that we breathe. The question is, are we aware of it? It seems such a simple thing – to be…
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