When Things Fall Apart: Pema Chödrön on the Precious Opportunities in Difficult Times
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.”
Peace
By Lamplight: Poetry to Ignite Your Inner Light
“Go, hart, unto the lamp of licht.
Go, hart, do service and honour,
Go, hart, and serve Him day and nicht:
Go, hart, unto thy Saviour.”
Worry, Not: Søren Kierkegaard on What We Can Learn from the Birds of the Air and Lilies of the Field
“And even if what you want to accomplish in the world were the most amazing feat: you shall acknowledge the lily and the bird as your teachers…”
Gisele Bündchen on Self-Awareness, Challenging Your Thoughts and Paying Attention to Your Inner Voice
“It’s up to all of us to capture time, to give it meaning, and to be present and appreciative for every moment we’re alive.”
Anne Lamott on Joy, Contentment and the Value We Have Within
“To pay close attention to and mostly accept your life, inside and out and around your body, is to be halfway home.”
Part I: The Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the Four Qualities of the Mind that Lead to Joyful Living
“The ultimate source of happiness is within us. Not money, not power, not status…outward attainment will not bring real inner joyfulness. We must look inside.”
Saint Augustine on the Happy Life and Finding Joy
“The happy life is this – to rejoice to you, in you, and for you. That is it and there is no other.”