Halloween has become a day for the living to dress up, wear masks, and pretend to be dead. The irony is that people spend the rest of the year dressing up, wearing masks, and pretending to live.
Category Archives: Thought for the Day
May All That We Do
May all that we do begin with the intention to be open, flexible, and kind.
Then, may be proceed with the inquisitive mind of a child.
Fall
The crisp, sweet smell of fall reminds me of this time a couple years ago; a uniquely sweet period of healing in my life. I am reminded that stillness, presence, and grace are all powerful tools of healing that we should routinely practice, even (and especially) if we think we don’t need to.
Arguments
In an argument, have patience.
Imagine if someone were to come at you with their fists doubled, surely you would double your own just as fast.
But now, imagine someone comes to you asking to sit together, hoping to understand your point of view and exactly why yours differ. In this instance, you may find that you are not so far apart after all…that the points on which you differ are few and the points on which you agree are many.
In arguments, if only we can possess patience, and a desire to get together, we will get together.
What We Can Learn from the Rivers and Seas
If you wish to be above men, put yourself below them. If you wish to be before men, put yourself behind them.
This way, although you are above them, they will not feel your weight. And although you are before them, they will not count it as an injury.
This is how the rivers and seas are able to reign over all the mountain streams.
In Arguments, Always Let the Other Person Save Face
In an argument, even if we are right and the other person is dead wrong, we only destroy ego by causing another to lose face. We have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. After all, what matters most is not what we think of him, but what he thinks of himself. Therefore, always preserve the dignity of others. In an argument, always let the other person save face.
Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.
You deserve very little credit for being what you are.
He who treads softly, goes far.
Ever So Gentle and Ever So Friendly
Domineering parents and bosses as well as nagging husbands and wives ought to realize that people don’t want to change their minds. They can’t be forced or driven to agree with you or me.
But they may possibly be led to…if we are gentle and friendly, ever so gentle and ever so friendly.