It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can’t close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.
JACK KORNFIELDLive in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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