December 2009
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of...”
– Kahlil Gibran
“God will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your...”
“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”
– Emily Dickinson
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you. Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.
Don’t let your life...
“But who can say what’s best? That’s why you need to grab whatever...”
– Haruki Murakami
“Love the creatures for the sake of God and not for themselves. You will never...”
– `Abdu’l-Bahá
“Things don’t go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up....”
– Samuel Jackson
“There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along;...”
– Leo Buscaglia
“If you are going to be angry, be angry. But let it be because you decide, not...”
– Rachelle Disbennett-Lee
“Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you,...”
– Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie
“Women are always under the impression that men love them more than they really...”
– The Painted Veil
“And then my soul saw you and it kind of went “Oh there you are. I’ve been...”
“The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender.
There...”
– Margaret Nadauld
“I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.”
– Maya Angelou
“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering...”
– Charlotte Brontë
“I don’t like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless...”
– Boris Pasternak
Always In My Heart
Traditionally, I have responded to the transcendent mystics of all religions. I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has ever said that God does not live in a dogmatic scripture or in a distant throne in the sky, but instead abides very close to us…much closer than we can imagine, breathing right through our own hearts.
“The truth is, when our mothers held us, rocked us, stroked our heads -none of us...”
– Mitch Albom 