Words of Wisdom 23 (Aug 23 - Dec 24)

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A Caring Heart Is Powerful

Like a scared child relaxes and calms down when it is held by a loving parent, our agitated thoughts and emotions become quiet when feeling the security of a caring heart.

Radhule Weininger, “The Cave of the Heart”

[winston]

Lovingkindness Trumps Fear
Cultivating lovingkindness we become unstoppable in the face of fear. We love our way through the fear.

- Vanessa Goddard, “Four Ways of Looking at Lovingkindness”

[winston]

Learning from Mistakes

A Zen master is nothing more than someone who has repeatedly screwed up and eventually learned something.

We can do the same.

- Mark Van Buren, “Thanks for Everything. I Have No Complaints Whatsoever.”

[behappyalways]

Haa haa

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” - Mark Twain

[winston]

Mud and Lotus

Beauty and muck often go hand in hand.

- Yael Schonbrun, “The Inside Problem of Work-Family Conflict”

[winston]

Devotion to the truth, is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

- Ayn Rand

[winston]

Fix your thoughts on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely and admirable.

Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. … Then peace will be with you.

Philippians 4:8-9

Source: Life Changing Words

[winston]

The Gift of Presence

The most precious gift you can give to the one you love, is your true presence.

- Thich Nhat Hanh, “Love is Being There”

[winston]

Direction

Go in through the narrow gate.

The gate to destruction is wide and the road that leads there is easy to follow.

A lot of people go through that gate. But the gate to life is very narrow.

The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it.

Matthew 7:13-14

Source: Life Changing Words

[winston]

“The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.”

- EPICURUS