Everything is everything

›
“All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in...

Mark Twain

›
“Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consist mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing...

Most problems

›
 “Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out” Gautama Buddha 

Be vigilant

›
 “Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.” Gautama Buddha

John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

›
“In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service.  Precisely because t...

Sherman Alexie, What You Pawn I Will Redeem

›
“I loved the smell of ocean water.              Salt always smells like memory.”            

Alan Watts

›
“Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.” ...

John Piper

›
“If in the last 1% of our lives, we can get a victory over some longstanding sinful habit or hurtful defect in our personality, it will ...

Languages Are Mostly Made of Happy Words

›
A new study analyzes vocabulary from around the world and finds a universal skew toward the positive. JULIE BECKFEB In the time of...

Dalai Lama XIV

›
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” “Remember that the best re...

No Time To Say Goodbye: A Memoir of Life in Foster Care: Never trust a survivor,

›
No Time To Say Goodbye: A Memoir of Life in Foster Care: Never trust a survivor, : “Never trust a survivor,” my father used to warn me, “unt...

No Time To Say Goodbye: A Memoir of Life in Foster Care: For every mountain

›
No Time To Say Goodbye: A Memoir of Life in Foster Care: For every mountain : For every mountain there is a miracle.                      ...

Downtown

›
Yesterday (Sunday)we were downtown taking in the beautiful weather and decided to tour the Masque on Embassy Row. In the thirty years I’ve ...

World peace must develop from inner peace

›
“World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human comp...

Hypocrisy turns people against God,

›
Hypocrisy turns people against God, so He has a no-tolerance policy. Let’s take hypocrisy as seriously as God does. For starters, expec...

Where to look

›
If you’re looking for that one person who can change your life, look in the mirror.

The Quotable Oscar Wilde: I don’t want to go to heaven

›
The Quotable Oscar Wilde: I don’t want to go to heaven : “I don’t want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.”

Ram Das

›

I’ve had a lot of worries in my life

›
“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” Mark Twain 

Chögyam Trungpa

›
“Delight in itself is the approach of sanity. Delight is to open our eyes to the reality of the situation rather than siding with this...

›
 “Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard.     Do not let pain make you hate.     Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetne...

Change

›
Available June 2015                                                  http://amemoirofalifeinfostercare.blogspot.com/

Become a writer

›
Available June 2015                                                  http://amemoirofalifeinfostercare.blogspot.com/

At the end of a long day we decided to go out for Turkish food

›
Available June 2015                                                  http://amemoirofalifeinfostercare.blogsp...