“Whenever I lose something, I've been spared. Every loss has to be a gain, unless the loss is being judged by a confused mind. I come to see what fills that space in my life because she isn't there. And because she lives in my heart, the kindness in my world cannot decrease, because something else enters the space that I held her in. Just when you think that life is so good that it can't get any better, it has to. That's a law.”
― A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are
― A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are
“Everyone is your teacher, and the most powerful spiritual practice is to hang out with the people who criticize you. You don't even have to do that physically, since they live right here in your head. And when you think that you've grown beyond all your defensiveness and justifications, then hang out with your enemies physically, and see how lighthearted you are when they trash you. That's the real test.”
― A Thousand Names for Joy: How to Live in Harmony with the Way Things Are
― A Thousand Names for Joy: How to Live in Harmony with the Way Things Are
“Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it—it’s just easier if you do.”
― A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are
― A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are
“Giving someone a jibe, then having them internalize it, felt awful: the conversational equivalent of going for a comedic burp and accidentally inducing yourself to vomit.”
― Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
― Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
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