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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. -ANDRÉ GIDE

"My God, I have feared joy. I have held back from the fullness of life, bound by invisible threads. I have imagined that you begrudged me my joy and fulfillment, that you would intentionally disrupt my happiness, stifle my freedom, rein in my delight. Now I see that you have always been calling me forth like Lazarus from the tomb: “Untie him and let him go!” You desire fullness of life for me, abundant....

Attitudinal Healing: This is the foundation for immunity; gratitude and forgiveness are preliminary steps.

Fasting is a response to a sacred moment, not an instrument designed to get desired results.

John Helliwell, a Canadian economist, has spent many years studying the relationship between trust and happiness. He's found the two to be inseparable.

In meditation we cultivate our ability to be completely present to the rise and fall of our emotions, not by becoming detached or disassociated from them, rather by fully experiencing them without feeling carried away by their power.

Culture is the sea we swim in-so pervasive, so all-consuming, that we fail to notice its existence until we step out of it.

Let the critics spot trends. Let reviewers concern themselves with what is in and what is not. Let us concern ourselves first and foremost with what it is within us that is struggling to be born.

There is but one disease—deficient drainage. -SIR WILLIAM ARBUTHNOT LANE

Play is a state of mind, rather than an activity. Remember the definition of play: an absorbing, apparently purposeless activity that provides enjoyment and a suspension of self-consciousness and sense of time.

Brown M.D., Stuart; Vaughan, Christopher (2009-02-11). Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul.

“He who does not know food, how can he understand the diseases of man?” -Hippocrates, the father of medicine

Sufficiency isn't two steps up from poverty or one step short of abundance.

Difficult conversations are almost never about getting the facts right. They are about conflicting perceptions, interpretations, and values.