Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
03588 – Judging Abilities
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03583 – Going Tourist Class?
Life has got to be bigger than death, and love has got to be bigger than fear or this is all a total bust and we are all just going tourist class.
03576 – Life is…
Life is a series of revisions.
03568 – Listen to Elderly & Children
We particularly need to listen to older people and children. They all have stories to tell that enrich the mind and the heart. Children simplify things, often with brutal honesty. Older people bring the perspective of their long years on issues. Suffering people also...
03547 – Every Single Time…
Every single time I die to something - my notions of my own specialness, my plans and desires for something to be a very particular way - every single time I fight it and yet every single time I discover more life and more freedom than if I had gotten what I wanted....
03545 – Melding Together into a Single Harmony
Life is against all dualisms; life is one. ...Always, against all that fragments and shatters, and against all things that separate and divide within and without, life labors to meld together into a single harmony.
03533 – Against the Wind
I know that I have lifeonly insofar as I have love. I have no loveexcept it come from Thee. Help me please to carrythis candle against the wind.
03530 – Life is Short!
Life is short. We don't have much time to gladden the hearts of those who walk this way with us. So be swift to love and make haste to be kind.
03526 – Loving Your Enemies
Loving your enemies has the deep spiritual benefit of enabling us to set our own course in life rather than constantly being in a posture of angry response to what other people do. There is freedom along this route, but it requires considerable internal strength and...
03515 – Fix the Picture!
What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how it is supposed to be.