-Sri Ramana Maharshi

A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

~  Buddha

Aim with your heart,
adjust with your head,
and always, always, always,
do all you can.

~ TUT

“May the poor find wealth,
those weak with sorrow find joy;
May the forlorn find new hope,
Constant happiness and prosperity.

May the frightened cease to be afraid.
And those bound be free;
May the weak find power,
And may their hearts join in friendship.”

Dalai Lama

The best things in life are nearest:
Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes,
flowers at your feet, duties at your hand,
the path is just before you.

Then do not grasp at the stars,
but do life's plain, common work as it comes,
certain that daily duties and daily bread
are the sweetest things in life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

The essence of yoga is equanimity of mind.

Equanimity is when your mind is undisturbed.

Losing balance causes numerous problems.
The purpose of Yoga is to bring our balance back and then to maintain it.

When the body is balanced, the mind is balanced.
When the body/mind is balanced, stress fades away,
energy returns, and equanimity is established.
Equanimity gives us the strength of calmness, level-headedness, and composure.

The mind and emotions are like a liquid.
To hold liquid we need a solid cup.
Otherwise, our minds are distracted and our emotions run wild.
We can create a healthy container for the mind and emotions through the body.
Since it is easier to work with the body,
we start with the yoga of the body instead of the yoga of the mind.

One of the easiest ways to balance the body
is by putting it in all the different positions or asanas,
making it more relaxed, freeing it from all the accumulated toxins.
Doing so improves our health in remarkable ways and
causes the mind to become more balanced and have more equanimity.

Surrendering is completely different than giving up.

Surrendering, we move with life’s current.

Giving up, we slide under it.

Giving up is resigning yourself to the limitations

holding you back or keeping you down.

In surrendering you’re opening up to the current of your life,

which is always moving, always changing and

you’re inviting and embracing the deep changes

that are starting to work inside you.

James Gordon, MD - Unstuck

The English word ‘courage’
has the same etymological root
as the French Coeur, which means ‘heart’.

To have courage, just like to have faith,
is to be full of heart.

With courage we openly acknowledge
what we can’t control,
make wise choices about what we can affect,
and move forward into the uncultivated terrain
of the next moment.

Sharon Salzberg ~ Faith: Trusting your own deepest experience – pg 88

You've sought it everywhere,
but you've already there.
Home — the flowing river of the heart.
Love holding you in close embrace.
It's not a place, but a state of being,
grace received and offered back.
Home — the taste of truth and refuge.

~  Danna Faulds

I cannot change the direction of the wind,
but I can adjust my sails.

~anon