Quote of the day: “You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom.” ― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Read more…
Quote of the day: “Don’t push the river, it flows by itself.” Note: I wrote this post Friday but didn’t post until Saturday. Nights are long when I wake up every hour because of pain. In the past, when I had nights like this, I would get uptight and upset thinking Read more…
Quote of the day: “It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.” ― Ram Dass For the past two weeks I’ve been taking care of sick family members. And I’ve stayed just on this side of illness myself, Read more…
Quote of the day: “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” ~ Buddha As a long-time meditator, I work on living with presence, and mostly I fail. I have glimmers of presence but more than anything my meditative Read more…
Quote of the day: “To seek approval is to have no resting place, no sanctuary. Like all judgment, approval encourages constant striving. It makes us uncertain of who we are and of our true value. Approval cannot be trusted. It can be withdrawn at any time no matter what our Read more…