The gift of understanding ...

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.

Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments.

That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.

..Thich Nhat Hahn

The light of life

Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.
.. Mother Teresa

Peace

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
.. Henry Miller

In giving, you receive ...

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
.. Albert Pine

The law on love

Hatred does not cease by hatred at any time; hatred ceases by love. This is an unalterable law.

.. Buddha

Living with a purpose ...

It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.
.. Leo Buscaglia

Cherish ...

Cherish your vision; Cherish your ideals; Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts. If you remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

.. James Allen