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”

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”

Forgiveness As Radical Love

“A Rattlesnake, if cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is – a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.” E. Stanley Jones “Treat people asContinue reading “Forgiveness As Radical Love”

We Still Have Time to Change pt. 2

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. – Rumi “Love is the deepest gift that we could be ever be given by someone and it’s the greatest gift that we could ever give to ourselves.” –Mastin Kipp Continuing on the theme fromContinue reading “We Still Have Time to Change pt. 2”

Another Golden Opportunity

“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.” – J.K. Rowling “It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.” – Chuck Palahniuk It’s happened again. Another school shooting. As I wroteContinue reading “Another Golden Opportunity”