“When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one. We cannot love when we feel fear …. When we release the fearful past andContinue reading “A Dish of Forgiveness All Around”
Category Archives: Peace
Fear and Decisions
“Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” –Pema Chodron “Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Fear is a liar. It whispers in our ear thatContinue reading “Fear and Decisions”
Fall Cocoon
“How beautiful it is to do nothing at all and then rest afterwards.” –Spanish Proverb “I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.” –Shirley Conran “There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.” –Alan cohen EveryContinue reading “Fall Cocoon”
Who Am I?
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched – they must be felt with the heart.” –Helen Keller “There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.” –Elie Wiesel “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of humanContinue reading “Who Am I?”
We Need Compassion
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” –Dalai Lama “Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.” –Ellen DeGeneres Recent events in my family haveContinue reading “We Need Compassion”
Sage Woman Chronicles 