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The Animal Within Us
I don't have a large house by any means. But there's plenty of room for three cats and two humans. In addition to our first floor, we have a basement, an upstairs, and an attic space.
If our four-legged children wanted, they could divide the house up into sections and never see each other.
Instead, they follow each other around the house in a slow-motion chase. Every now and again the chase
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“Because there's no missing puzzle piece. And there's no great mystery to solve. I'm perfect and complete exactly as I am. The world is perfect and complete exactly as it is. An my practice is learning to accept that fact regardless of what desire tells me.”
― Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life
― Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life
“The practice of Right Action is a practice of faith, a faith that says what we do matters. We matter. And whether we’re refilling the coffee pot at work or speaking in front of a crowd of thousands, we have the power to change the world one small act at a time.”
― Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life
― Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life
“As I meditate, I leave my attachments and definitions behind, finding myself in a place of stillness, a place that only exists between the last word of a sentence… and the period.”
― Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life
― Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life
“So, we have a paradox where washing the dishes one time is seemingly unimportant. But washing them 10,000 times (consistently, every day) is important because that repetition ensures that we always have plates and silverware at our disposal. But we can’t wash the dishes 10,000 times unless we start by washing them once. A single action done correctly and repeatedly makes all the difference in our lives.”
― Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life
― Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life
“If you don’t have something nice to say, say something nice anyway.”
― Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life
― Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life
“What would happen if we looked at ourselves like the nun looked at that tree? What would happen if we treasured our imperfections in the same way that the priest treasured the tree’s gnarled branches? I think our lives would be better as a result. More than that, I think it’s incumbent on us to see the perfection of our imperfect souls.”
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