"If the going is easy, maybe you are going downhill" —  Max Frisch

“I want everything quiet and simple. For me: walking barefoot, sitting still, reading, listening to stories, and now and then telling some myself. Eating fruit, drinking milk, longing to create, but with patience and many insights.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke, from a letter to Lou Salomé witten c. March 1904

According to the Vedas, religion operates based on a set of do’s and don’ts. Religion provides these guidelines to ensure that our pursuit of wealth and joy in this world is sustainable, non-harmful, and ultimately beneficial for our spiritual growth. The do’s refer to actions that are ultimately good for us but may not come naturally. The don’ts a

A flower does not think about competing with the flower next to it. It simply blooms.

I don’t believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.

– Gloria Naylor

What is a good man but a bad man's teacher?

What is a bad man but a good man's job?

If you don't understand this, you will go astray,

no matter how intelligent you are.

That is the great secret.

(Lao Tzu)

Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:

“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of b

Belief holds on

Faith lets go

"It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you down. It's the pebble in your shoe."

(Muhammad Ali)

“Great things can only be understood gradually. You don’t get anything great all at once.”

— Richard Rohr