wake up, rinse, repeat Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain. Vivian Greene Last year I met prolific artist…
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir The energy of…
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no external seeking required And if you find yourself wondering: / where do you go / from here, / standing at the foot / of a mountain / you did…
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where you at inner peace? The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all. Swami Vivekananda In a time of…
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every day “Close your eyes. Fall in Love. Stay there.” Rumi It is safe to say that, coming from an Italian mother, I have always loved and appreciated food. I love…
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focus on the content, not the container When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are…
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Do not plague your heart with falsehoods and expectations of some disembodied perfectionism! The perfection of your heart is that it loves still, even if you try to stop it…
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The (Bhagavad) Gītā begins with a question that speaks to every one of us: “How are we to act in this world full of conflict and suffering?” The Gītā’s answer…
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Very little grows on jagged rock. Be grounded. Be crumbled so wild flowers will come up where you are. Rumi I realize I might be contradicting myself here per my…
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You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the…
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can’t have one without the other “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” -Meister Eckhart Give thanks. Why? Because your…
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Division of hearts doesn’t overcome any difficulty. Only love is capable of overcoming difficulties. Love is a festival. Love is joy. Love is to keep moving forward. -Pope Francis New York…
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