'when you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth.'

— lao tzu

wise words

'your vision will only become clear when you look into your heart.

who looks outside, dreams.  who looks inside, awakens.'

-carl gustav jung

wise words

'usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. if it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. if it is not, we say it is incorrect. in either case, we learn nothing.'

- thich nhat hanh

wise words

'people are like stained-glass windows. they sparkle and shine when the sun is out,

but when the
darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.'


-elisabeth kübler-ross

wise words

'stay the course,
light a star,
change the world
wherever you are.'

-richard le gallienne

wise words

'without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the universe?'

- zen master dogen (quoted in 'how to be sick' by toni bernhard)

wise words

'a true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.'

-arnold glasow

wise words

'when your sense of self is no longer tied to thought, is no longer conceptual, there is a depth of feeling, of sensing, of compassion, of loving, that was not there when you were trapped in mental concepts. you are that depth."

- eckhart tolle

wise words

in loneliness, in sickness, in confusion - the mere knowledge of friendship makes it possible to endure, even if the friend is powerless to help.

it is enough that they exist.


friendship is not diminished by distance or time, by imprisonment or war, by suffering or silence.

it is in these things that it roots most deeply.

it is from these things that it flowers.



- pam brown

wise words

the invitation


'it doesn't interest me what you do for a living
i want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.


it doesn't interest me how old you are.
i want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.

it doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
i want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life's betrayals
or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.

i want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.

i want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us to
be careful
be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.

it doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true.
i want to know if you can disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
if you can hear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
if you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.

i want to know if you can see beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
and if you can source your own life from its presence.

i want to know if you can live with failure
yours or mine
and still stand on the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
'yes!'

it doesn't interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
i want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.

it doesn't interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
i want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.

it doesn't interest me where or what or with whom
you have studies
i want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.

i want to know if you can be alone with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.'


- oriah mountain dreamer

inner wisdom

'know that your quest for health is not in vain.

that there is a world of possibility and that the healing powers of the universe are unlimited, infinite.

know also that you are always whole, no matter the state of your health.

and know that every day you are alive you are doing what you were born to do, you are where you were meant to be.

and that the only place you ever need to be is here and now.

do not trouble yourself with concerns for the future, it will be exactly as it is meant to be.

and the most useful thing you can do to create the future you dream of is to commit fully to being where you are.

don't rush yourself.

don't judge yourself too harshly.

how hard you are working to be well is known.

everything you are struggling with is understood.

you are loved and supported always.

and everything in the the universe is conspiring to help you regain your health.'



- anon

wise words

rest, weary heart,

from all thy silent griefs and secret pain,

thy profitless regrets, and longings vain;

wisdom and love have ordered all the past,

all shall be blessedness and joy at last;

cast off the cares that have so long oppressed;

rest, sweetly rest!



-jane laurie borthwick

melody beattie

‎'gratitude
unlocks the fullness of life. it turns what we have into enough, and
more. it turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to
clarity. it can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a
stranger into a friend. gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace
for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.'

kahlil gibran

your joy is your sorrow unmasked.

and the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.

how else can it be?

the deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?

and is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

when you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find that it is only what has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.

when you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

henri matisse

'there are always flowers for those who wish to see them.'