These words were the final verse of a poem I wrote a while back, they leave me with a smile. We each are one, whole and complete And yet...

These words speak so eloquently for themselves, I hope they touch you as they do me. Epitaph - By Merrit Malloy When I die Give what’s...

I was thrilled to receive a new fuchsia last week - a tall dark leaved variety with a profusion of flowers called ‘Bella.’ I’ve planted...

In my twenties, I recall going on a Dale Carnegie training course, and being told ‘seek first to understand, and then to be understood.’ ...

“Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering is a kind of mud to help the lotus flower of happiness grow. There can be no lotus...

“You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone,...

“I’m not looking to escape my darkness, I am learning to love myself there” Rune Lazuli Wishing you a weekend of self-love, of shade, and...

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ―...

By Jeff Foster It's simple. When you're sad, just feel sad. Don't try to be happy. Trying is exhausting. Don't push your sadness away....

Everything is waiting for you Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and cunning...

Now the structure of my house extension is up, my attention has turned to the garden. So far some 21 tons of concrete / gravel has come...

A man walking through the forest saw a fox that had lost its legs and wondered how it lived. Then he saw a tiger come with game in its...

"One of the qualities that you can develop, particularly in your older years, is a sense of great compassion for yourself. When you visit...

“You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a stranger here.” – Alan Watts I happened...

Today is Maha Shivratri, one of the largest and most significant among the sacred festival nights of India, coming from the Hindu...

"We are showered every day with gifts, but they are not meant for us to keep. Their life is in their movement, the inhale and the exhale...

“The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection The water has no mind to receive their image.” — Zenrin Kushu This Friday a Zen...

Today is Chinese New Year, the start of the Year of the Ox. The Ox represents hard work, positivity and honesty, and can be described as...

Today is the day that Buddhist traditions mark the death of Shakyamuni Buddha, often known as Nirvana Day. Nirvana literally means...