Monthly Archives: December 2014

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 We’ve come to the end of another year, a time when many of us, determined to better ourselves, compile a long list of New Year’s Resolutions. VeryContinue reading “Happy New Year”

Whatever your difficulties—a devastated heart, financial loss, feeling assaulted by the conflicts around you, or a seemingly hopeless illness—you can always remember that you are free in every moment to set the compass of your heart to the highest intentions. In fact, the two things that you are always free to do—despite your circumstances—are toContinue reading “Loving kindness”

What would it be like to be completely committed to this present reality? Because, that’s actually what we are experiencing right now…If we want to improve a situation, we should go for that…but if we’ve already accepted things as they are, then any efforts toward improvement could…be experienced as play.” -Bruce Tift How can IContinue reading “Acceptance”

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending. -Thich Nhat Hahn To see beyond someone’s hurtful behavior to their true loving nature is the very essence of compassion. But,Continue reading “Compassion”

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T.S. Eliot I’ve always loved these lines from T.S. Eliot’s poem, “Four Quartets”. I was an angst-filled teenager when I first read Eliot’s poem. At that time, theseContinue reading “Coming Home”