self-awareness

A common mistake people make is assuming compassion requires some kind of action they__e not ready to take. In other words, if I feel compassion for this dangerous, havoc-wreaking person (or for my tedious co-workers, the guy who cut me off in traffic, my abusive parents, that politician, etc.) then I__l have to drop everything I__ into and go hug and try to heal or help...or...do something I don__ know how to do. Not so. Compassion begins within; the compassion you have for yourself will guide you to act or detach with regard for your own well-being.

Unless we understand how the twists and turns of life operate to make us, we cannot comprehend who and what we are. Without self-awareness, we are blind to registering the intertexture of other people__ inner life. Gracefully enduring personal hardships expands our minds to extend sympathy and empathy for other people. By casting our personal life experiences into a supple storytelling casing, we create the translucent membrane that quarters the fusion of our flesh, nerves, blood, and bones. Self-understanding is an essential step in loving the entire world.

When someone is cruel, harsh, mean, to not take their words personally is one thing, but to hear the silent cry within those words is another. This sort of perspective can not only liberate us from crippling self-doubt in the face of criticism, it can also liberate us from automatically becoming blind participants in the interaction patterns that the cruel person has become accustomed to__ favour we do for the other person as much as for ourselves.

We can only come to terms with our own place in the world by compassionately commiserating with the pang of longing that our brethren experience.

Enlightenment is the moment when you are most alive and most compassionate.

Although sometimes the road to success follows a path less-travelled, a path less-travelled often leads to nowhere

Kindness happens - It begins with me.

A good life is doing what you love as much as you can and doing what you must as much as you should

Always assume your assumptions about others are wrong. Because often, they are

With or without our knowledge, we are all alchemists.

Poetry Saved Me

We are who we are because of what we learn and what we remember.

If you're jealous of someone else it simply means you have not come to a true acceptance and appreciation of yourself.

The more you try to please people, the more they get control of you and you'll end up hurting yourself.

The journey was a surreal dream. This world was about knowing the person you__ always wanted to be and setting your foot down to it, remembering the person you__ thought you were as a child and rejoicing in its living, breathing actuality.

The world of possibilities surround you, if thy will look.

Love is a sacred spirit.

The only real estate I will ever truly own is the space inside my head and heart. And what I build there is up to me.