“Following dharma puts you in a proper field of attention. In a proper field of attention, regardless of what your outer circumstances are, happiness will flow.” AttentionFieldsBuddhismCircumstancesFlowFollowingDharma Author:Frederick Lenz
“I'm always following the characters and I'm always interested in what happens to them, but what happens to them is conditioned by the circumstances in which they live.” CharacterHappensCircumstancesFollowing Author:Isabel Allende
“The United States says "We're complying. We're following the disarmament obligation. Look at the quantitative reductions that are taking place." But, since '96, there really hasn't been progress on specific commitments that have been made. Perhaps most disturbing is this: that the United States and France in particular, since 1996, have expanded the range of circumstances under which they might use - they say they might use - nuclear weapons.” LooksHas BeensMadeStatesUseMightUnitedUnited StatesProgressParticularCircumstancesWeaponsCommitmentFollowingNuclearObligationFranceRangeNuclear WeaponsDisturbingReductionDisarmamentMight UseComplying Author:John Burroughs
“The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.” WaySometimesJesusClearStrangeCircumstancesConversationReflectionFollowingActiveTerritoryQuestioningPausesParticipationGodlyHesitationUnfamiliarFollowing JesusPrayerfulUnfamiliar TerritoryActive Participation Author:Eugene H. Peterson