When we see that service is not a one-way street, we find that those we are helping give us a continuous stream of clues to help us escape the prison of our self-image.
The Emergence of Compassion
“Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.”
~Gurdjieff
"Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could. "
— Louise Erdrich, is an American writer of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings.
"Through lovingkindness, everyone and everything can flower again from within."
~ Sharon Salzberg
"If we want there to be peace in the world, we have to be brave enough to soften what is rigid in our hearts, to find the soft spot and stay with it. We have to have that kind of courage and take that kind of responsibility. That's the true practice of peace."
~Pema Chodron, Practicing Peace in Times of War
"If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”
“Where is the Door to God? In the sound of a dog barking. In the ring of a hammer, In a drop of rain, In the face of Everyone I see.”
~ Hafiz,
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Usually it is the ones who drive me crazy who provide me the most lessons of Life.
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