True Happiness

"True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish."

 

~Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

  

Somewhere Better

"Without giving up hope-that there's somewhere better to be, that there's someone better to be-we will never relax with where we are or who we are."

 

~Pema Chödrön

Beloved

"Many voices ask for our attention. There is a voice that says, 'Prove that you are a good person.' Another voice says, 'You'd better be ashamed of yourself.' There also is a voice that says, 'Nobody really cares about you,' and one that says, 'Be sure to become successful, popular, and powerful.' But underneath all these often very noisy voices is a still, small voice that says, 'You are my Beloved, my favor rests on you.' That's the voice we need most of all to hear. To hear that voice, however, requires special effort; it requires solitude, silence, and a strong determination to listen. That's what prayer is. It is listening to the voice that calls us 'my Beloved.' "  - Henri Nouwen

Light

"Live in rooms full of light." - Cornelius Celsus

Still Mind

"A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine." - Meher Baba