“Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.” David Whyte

If trying to find a way when you don’t even know you can get there isn’t a small miracle; I don’t know what is. Rachel Joyce

…As soon as you begin to believe in something, then you can no longer see anything else…

The truth you believe in and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new…

Taken from Awakening Loving Kindness 

Pema Chodron

…you find yourself at the bottom of the ocean with sand in your nose and in your mouth… you have the choice to lie there or to stand up and start walking forward …the waves keep coming …. And you keep cultivating your courage, bravery, and sense of humor to relate to the situation and the waves …and you keep getting up and going forward…taken from Fail, Fail Agsin, Fail Better by Pema Chodron

Wherever you are, just try being the host. You will always be home. Linji Yixuan

“…Wherever you go for rest of your life, you’re always in the middle of the universe and the circle is always around you. Everyone who walks up to you has entered that sacred space, and it’s not an accident. Whatever cones into the space is there to teach you… ”  Pema Chodron

The test of a true leader, and the test of a great spiritual leader, comes when the quest for truth and excellence demands that he or she lead people where they would rather not go.
 Matthew Kelly