A lot, maybe all, suffering comes from resisting what is, placing the label of ‘bad’ on the situation.
Suffering is transcended when we accept what is.
But here’s the thing, acceptance is merely seeing things as they are.
Acceptance doesn’t mean we can’t also see things better than they are.
Acceptance doesn’t mean we can’t take action to make things better.
Acceptance is not giving up and becoming passive, it’s step one of being truly at source.
In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.