"Every day our thoughts, words, and deeds plant new seeds in the field of our consciousness, and what these seeds generate becomes the substance of our life"  (Thich Nhat Hanh.  Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology)

 

Wishing you peace and well being as you bring life into sharp, clear focus.

 

PS: Remember to hold the ones you love just a little closer and tighter this week.

"In the middle of the road of life

I awoke in a dark wood

where the true way was wholly lost". (Dante)

 

In three brief lines Dante says that the journey begins right here.  In the middle of the road.  Right beneath your feet.  This is the place.  There is no other place and no other time.  Even if you are successful and follow the road you have set yourself, you can never leave here.  Despite everything you have achieved, life refuses to grant you, and always will refuse to grant you, immunity from its difficulties.

 

"One day, in the middle of everything, we awake and see our life as we have made it."  (David Whyte. The Heart Aroused.) 

 

Wishing you peace and well being as you awake in the middle of your road.

 

PS:  Remember to hold the one's you love just a little closer and tighter this week.

 

I've found that I can only change how I act if I stay aware of my beliefs and assumptions.  Thought always reveal themselves in behavior.  (Margaret J. Wheatley.  turning to one another: simple conversations to restore hope to the future.) 

 

Wishing you peace and well being as you become aware of your beliefs.

 

PS: Remember, hold the one's you love just a little closer and tighter this week.

Whether we are feeling happy or unhappy at any give moment often has very little to do with our absolute conditions but, rather it is a function of how we perceive our situation, how satisfied we are with what we have.  (The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D.  The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living)

 

Wishing you peace and well being as you examine your happiness.

 

And remember, hold the one's you love just a little closer and tighter this week.