Birds That Fly

"Laughing at all the haters out there! Take your evil tongue and eye and turn them into birds that fly! Don't waste precious time. Spend it on things you love."  -  Madonna

Go There

"If you can go there in your mind, in clear and compelling detail, you can go there in your life." - Ralph Marston

Your Journey

“Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don’t think that you’ve lost time.” - Asha Tyson

Presence

"If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack of presence. The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future." - Eckhart Tolle

Kind-Sight

View your life with kind-sight. Stop beating yourself up about things from
your past. Instead of slapping your forehead and asking, 'What was I
thinking,' breathe and ask yourself the kinder question, 'What was I...
learning?' ~ Karen Salmansohn

Wounds

"We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and to help each other move through the many painful episodes of our lives. By remaining stuck in the power of our wounds, we block our own transformation. We overlook the greater gifts inherent in our wounds — the strength to overcome them and the lessons that we are meant to receive through them. Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people. They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise." - Caroline Myss

Change the Future

"What you do in the present will redeem the past and thereby change the future." - Paulo Coelho

Where There's Joy

“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” - Joseph Campbell

Orderly Lives

"When we have disorderly lives, it makes it difficult for our minds to be orderly and for us to be at ease with disorder."

 

~Joan Halifax Roshi

Will Be

“I am not a has-been. I am a will be.” ~ Lauren Bacall

Compassion

"We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival."

 

~Joan Halifax Roshi

Acceptance

"You must learn to outwardly trust, to accept others, to love others; but you must also trust, accept and love yourself. You must know that you are good enough for others to accept. Acceptance is freedom." - Deborah Livingston (Medium)  

Wherever We Go

“Wherever we go we do harm, forgiving
ourselves as wheels do cement for wearing
each other out. We set this house
on fire, forgetting that we live within.” ― Jim Harrison

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

Happiness of Others

"I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace."

 

~Dalai Lama XIV

Daily Routine

"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine."  ~ Mike Murdock

Growth of Wisdom

“The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

Serene Encounter

"In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Accepting Yourself

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

On Perseverance

In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world, all rests on perseverance. ” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

True Success

"True success is measured by how you treat the people in your life." - Che Garmon