empowerment & inner transformation…
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“You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” - C.S. Lewis Don't ask me why but for some strange reason this quote always makes me think of this quote: When you devote yourself to achieving your goal, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. Nothing important can be accomplished... Continue Reading →
Daisaku Ikeda from June 18th World Tribune January 19th Address Excerpts: Many of you here may fondly remember the novel I Am a Cat by the Japanese author Soseki Natsume. For a change of pace, let me talk a little about it. […] We also find this passage in Soseki’s novel: “All studies undertaken by... Continue Reading →
"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes." [.] "What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life." [.] "Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search... Continue Reading →
Mr. Toda once said to a young woman, "If you aren't going to create happiness in the place were your are now, where else are you going to find it?" We must develop inner strength. We need to transform ourselves and become people who aren't defeated by life's struggles. The English poet John Milton wrote,... Continue Reading →
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. Muhammad Ali
The work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers. Juliette Gordon Low, American pioneer in the education of women and children and the founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
“Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When... Continue Reading →
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us... Continue Reading →
I am responsible for what I see. I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt. I could see peace instead of THIS. The past is over - it can touch me not. This instant is the only time there is. Today I will judge nothing that occurs. I am not the victim of the... Continue Reading →
It would be pointless for a plum blossom to try to remake itself as a cherry blossom, no matter how deeply the plum yearns to do so. The plum is happiest when it blooms as itself in full glory. How much of the color and wonder of life would be lost if it weren't for... Continue Reading →
A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it. - Doug Coupland
empowerment & inner transformation... 