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Our lives are short and we only have limited time to bring about any real and lasting change. If we fail to separate the essential from the nonessential, we will lose ourselves in everyday preoccupations and petty pursuits, and when the time comes to die, it will be too late to change.
While we have time, instead of harping on our dissatisfactions, we should reflect on the favorable conditions for practice and resolve to make the most of our opportunities by inscribing the following thought permanently in our minds: “I have wasted enough time. Why waste any more? From now on, I’ll do something constructive and beneficial with my life, instead of squandering it in meaningless activities.” - Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
While we have time, instead of harping on our dissatisfactions, we should reflect on the favorable conditions for practice and resolve to make the most of our opportunities by inscribing the following thought permanently in our minds: “I have wasted enough time. Why waste any more? From now on, I’ll do something constructive and beneficial with my life, instead of squandering it in meaningless activities.” - Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
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Here's what I'm increasingly coming across with people: loneliness. In spite of the fact that many people I know may be partnered, married, have children, are working full time, they still feel an emotional void best described by words such as isolated, alone, deserted, friendless. Yes, they have family, acquaintances and colleagues; yes they have access to social media and yet, they are unable to identify someone as a "good, close" friend.
The fact is that establishing an authentic connection with an individual takes time. A lot more time that we might think. Research indicates that it takes 30 hours of interaction to make a casual friend, 140 hours to make a good friend and 300 hours to make a best friend. This means, of course, that the number of "best friends" will be quite small, likely less than 3 or 4.
So, with a new year evolving why not consider making time to establish a true friendship with one or two people. Ask yourself, 'whom do I resonate with?' and 'who resonates with me?' Then consider reaching out. Make the time; make the commitment. Let 2024 be your year of friendship development.
The fact is that establishing an authentic connection with an individual takes time. A lot more time that we might think. Research indicates that it takes 30 hours of interaction to make a casual friend, 140 hours to make a good friend and 300 hours to make a best friend. This means, of course, that the number of "best friends" will be quite small, likely less than 3 or 4.
So, with a new year evolving why not consider making time to establish a true friendship with one or two people. Ask yourself, 'whom do I resonate with?' and 'who resonates with me?' Then consider reaching out. Make the time; make the commitment. Let 2024 be your year of friendship development.
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One who has spiritual friends abandons what is unwholesome and develops what is wholesome. - Buddha
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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? - Thich Nhat Hanh
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One of yoga’s most powerful gifts, especially in mid to late life, is understanding that the body not only tells you what it needs but provides solutions. Yoga gets rid of the “Oh I’m just getting old” mindset and refuses to accept that aches and pains are an inevitable part of ageing. Instead, through regular practice and the increased connection to one’s body, it offers positive solutions to body groans. - Lysanne Currie
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The lineage is the well-trodden Path. The Path is not visible to ordinary beings without the unbroken succession of teachers and practitioners. - Tashi Nyima
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Survival is not an optimal plan when we are young, nor is it at the end of life. Wanting to survive is a very elemental aspiration. There are more important things in life than mere subsistence. The purpose of living is not to survive, but to manifest enlightenment and help others manifest it. Life is a means. It is not an end. - Tashi Nyima
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Our conduct in life should be like the flow of water. When meeting a mountain, water turns. When meeting the shore, water turns. When meeting, a stone water turns. In meeting obstacles, I turn. - Hsing Yun
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Good intention by itself is not enough; it must also be accompanied with wisdom. These intricacies demand our full, mindful attention in order for us to maintain a wholesome state of mind and act skillfully. - Bhante Gunartana
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An action done out of pure intent to bring joy or relieve suffering is never lost. - Kaira Jewel Lingo