No Settling

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

You were born to be real, not to be perfect. You are here to be you, not to live someone else’s life.

Book of the day: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

Meditation is not concentration. It is simple awareness. You simply relax and watch the breathing. In that watching, nothing is excluded. The car is humming - perfectly okay, accept it. The traffic is passing - that’s okay, part of life. The fellow passenger snoring by your side, accept it. Nothing is rejected. You are not to narrow down your consciousness.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others.

Ego says, once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace. Spirit says, find your peace, and then everything will fall into place.

Not a single creature on earth has more or less right to be here.

You can’t just wish for a better life, you must go out there and create it