Nourishing Surprise
"The conversational nature of reality means that whatever you want from life will not occur in exactly the way you’d like it to. But, also, whatever life wants from you – society wants from you, your parents want from you, your partner wants from you, your children want from you – will also not occur. And that what occurs is this third quality which is more like a meeting and a dynamic of the two, a conversation between the two."
~ David Whyte
Like Nothing's Missing
“This task illustrates how strong and unconscious our habits are and how difficult they are to change without awareness and determination. This task helps us bring beginner's mind to any activity--such as eating--that we do several times a day, often with only partial awareness.”
~ Jan Chozen Bays
To Be True to the Situation of Where You Are
"On one level, I hate time because it's moving [laughs]. I say, 'Hold it, kid. I want to live a little longer.' I want to be around. I love life. I love people. I don't know why. They're not so nice [laughs], but I have that — when I see a little kindness of somebody, I see a tear in his eye. It opens me up."
~ Rabbi David Hartman