Kimberly

“That is what a motorcycle road trip is supposed to be about, long miles and short stops in obscure places with interesting people and stories to be heard.”
― Geoff Smith, Life, America and the Road: A Biker's Perspective

“Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty. It is not a harsh, straining, desperate effort but, rather, an ardent and wholehearted remembrance of our capacity for freedom. Right Effort is willingness to open where we have been closed, to come close to what we have avoided, to be patient with ourselves, and to let go of our preconceptions.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness

“ASK THE EXPERIMENTERS WHY THEY EXPERIMENT ON ANIMALS, AND THE ANSWER IS: ‘BECAUSE THE ANIMALS ARE LIKE US.’ ASK THE EXPERIMENTERS WHY IT IS MORALLY OKAY TO EXPERIMENT ON ANIMALS, AND THE ANSWER IS: ‘BECAUSE THE ANIMALS ARE NOT LIKE US.’ ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION RESTS ON A LOGICAL CONTRADICTION.” —CHARLES R. MAGEL, PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR”
― Gene Baur, Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer, and Feeling Better Every Day

“It's important to investigate the nature of anger because it is such a powerful energy and can be so destructive. When we can face our anger without being afraid of it, or angry about it, or defenseless in the face of it, then we can come close to it. When we are able to look closely at anger, we see the threads of different feelings - the sadness and the fear woven throughout it - and we can see its true nature. When we can uncover the helplessness and powerlessness that often feed anger, we transform them. In being mindful of these feelings, we actually use the sheer energy of anger - without getting lost in it or overcome by its tremendously deluding and fixating quality - to reveal instead the courage and compassion that have been concealed.”
― Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness