So Rose glued the halves of my foot together... I, however, could not but feel a misgiving that this was the first warning of my share in the invariable fate of my race. For I had already lived long enough to be aware that the existence of a doll, like that of everything else, ...
Never complain about growing old, Because so many never get the chance! We should rehearse all the time to become the person we must become in order to return to our Father. Seek to surpass ourselves each day. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's little nut that held its ground. No privat...
Never complain about growing old, Because so many never get the chance! We should rehearse all the time to become the person we must become in order to return to our Father. Seek to surpass ourselves each day. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's little nut that held its ground. No privat...
When absolutely nothing is right, it is hard to address the concern about what is wrong. I fell in love with the way you look at the globe. Why am I emphasizing over someone that doesn’t even ask if I’m OK? Don’t make someone really feel special if you have no intention of st...
79. “I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived.”– Ursula K. Le Guin 80. “I do believe in the old saying, ‘What does not kill you makes you stronger.’ Our experiences, good and bad, make ...
But Turner notes that their friendship wasn't always the best thing for her. "I have a friend, Maisie who was on the show with me, she's just a year younger than me and we were growing up together. She was my best friend, and she was the only one I really told ...
we intentionally depart from Buddhist cosmology. We can think about the immense suffering of animals great and small and our ecosystems as a whole, of trees, plants, and microbes in the soil. But the focus here is on the range of distress, pain, and torment to which the human body and ...
Given this radical “together” style, it’s clear that a Zen teacher has to be ready, all the time, to let go of his life and enter the life of the other. This deep mutuality is the essence of the Zen process. It’s been wonderful training for a stubborn person like myself, soft...
“If we are birds in the sky, I wish we can always fly together, wing touching wing. If we are trees on the ground, I wish we are twinned trunks, connected together.” I believe loving a person is wishing to be with that person all the time, and has nothing to do with sex (sex...
worrying about the consequences when you know your friends have your back. Spending a night with them was like stepping into my carefree early twenties. Years and cares melted away. Yet they too have their share of hard times, but we can forget these for a while when we get together. ...