Rivvy Neshama > Quotes

“Good day, be grateful. Bad day, be graceful. Be grateful, be graceful, and on it goes.”
― Rivvy Neshama, Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles

“But what I hope is this: that you find a few [recipes] that will add to the wonder, love, and sacredness of your life. Those are the ones to follow. Those are the ones to keep.”
― Rivvy Neshama, Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles

“Life is sacred—for everyone, not just monks and mystics. But to feel it and see it, there are things you can do, things that bring out the wonder and connectedness of everything in life. It begins with your intention, looking in. And it’s furthered by your attention, looking out.”
― Rivvy Neshama, Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles

“Finally, I spread my arms even wider and announced, “It’s a good day to die!” “Well,” Mom chirped in, “it’s not a bad day to live either.” She had a point. So now I end my blessings like this: “It’s a good day to die!” I say. And then, with gusto, “It’s a good day to live!”
― Rivvy Neshama, Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles

“Come, come, whoever you are . . . Come, even if you have broken your vows A hundred times, Come, come again, come. —RUMI”
― Rivvy Neshama, Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles

“Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. . . . Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us; the other softens us. They go together. —PEMA CHÖDRÖN”
― Rivvy Neshama, Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles

“Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. . . . Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us; the other softens us. They”
― Rivvy Neshama, Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles