“Detachment is not that you should own nothing. But that nothing should own you.” – Ali ibn abi Talib “Contemplate these words: Nothing matters, and you think it does.” – Neale Donald Walsch For nearly five years, my husband and I have been paying off our credit card debt. Life has been quite difficult. IContinue reading “Changing My Mind”
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Musings
…that to find beauty in everyone you must see beauty in everyone, then announce that you see it for, in announcing it, you place it there in their reality. –Neale Donald Walsch “Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And thatContinue reading “Musings”
Cynical No More
“…that the sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise..” –The Bhagavad Gita “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant forContinue reading “Cynical No More”
Suffering is Optional
“Let us never allow our daily doubts or private fears to blind us to the blessings all around.” –Brendon Burchard “Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.” –Carl Jung “The only difference between heaven and hell is believing a thought.” –Byron Katie Sometimes the cosmic tumblersContinue reading “Suffering is Optional”
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”
Sage Woman Chronicles 