“Everyone deserves a space to feel loved, rested, and a little wild.”
Source: a three body solution: A Daringly Subversive & Juicy Tale of Love, Evolution, & Humanity's Last Hope
“Stefan Zweig writes: “The excess of suffering murders not only men; it kills off the power of compassion.”
Source: How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
“Comment pouvais-je arranger les choses? Que faire pour qu’un homme, qui avait voué toute son existence à défendre les autres, accepte l’idée que lui même méritait qu’on se batte pour lui alors que tant de choses dans sa vie disaient le contraire? p406”
Source: Southern Storms
“More than prayer, presence is the best religion.”
Source: Sonnets From The Mountaintop
“Existence lived in service of others, is existence that outlives the entity.”
Source: Sonnets From The Mountaintop
“We live, we love, and one day, we must let go.”
Source: Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction
“Grief is the price we pay for love, but it is also a gift.”
Source: Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction
“For this Rosh Hashonah--the Jewish New Year--
this is what I am reflecting on:
Sh'mirat Ha'Lashon,
guarding our speech.
These are not the worst possible times our country has known
but it may well be leading to them.
While we are holding out for truth, freedom, and equity/parity/diversity/inclusivity,
we must also hold out for (and require from ourselves)
gentleness, compassion, empathy, and perspective.”
“The ground does not judge the weight of your steps. It only holds you.”
“Compassion is reciprocal. As you develop your own mental and emotional stability and extend that stability through a compassionate understanding of others and dealing with them in a kind, empathetic way, your own intentions or aspirations will be fulfilled more quickly and easily. Why? Because if you treat others compassionately—with the understanding that they have the same desire for happiness and the same desire to avoid unhappiness that you do—then the people around you feel a sense of attraction, a sense of wanting to help you as much as you help them.
…In a sense, compassion practice demonstrates the truth of interdependence in action. The more openhearted you become toward others, the more openhearted they become toward you.”
Source: The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness