Sunday

“Most of the people I know who have what I want–which is to say, purpose, heart, balance, gratitude, joy– are people with a deep sense of spirituality. They are people in community, who pray, or practice their faith; they are Buddhists, Jews, Christians– people banding together to work on themselves and for human rights. They follow a brighter light than the glimmer of their own candle; they are part of something beautiful.”

-Anne Lamott from Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

 “Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”

~Ramana Maharshi

I will find new meaning in every joy and sorrow

In that silence, I will hear the voice of spirit,

And freed from this world, I will see another world

Where the end is another beginning.

Rumi

Once the seed of faith takes root

it cannot be blown away,

even by the strongest wind –

Now that’s a blessing.

 Rumi

 All the children who are held and loved...will know how to love others. Spread these virtues in the world. Nothing more need be done.

--Meng Zi, c. 300 BCE

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

~Lao Tzu

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

~Charles Spurgeon

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

~Frank A. Clark