The inherent wisdom of the winter has reflected one truth for millennia: that the graceful embrace of hard natural elements is also what allows space for tranquility in our emotional seasons. If we allow our tranquility to be determined by outside events, it will come and go in our lives by little more than mere chance. We have no choice but to accept our hardships and seek that seasonal grace—that solid grounding serenity through it all.
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The Wisdom of Winter
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Comforting Vastness
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
It’s as important to look for peace to absorb in the city as in the wilderness, because that’s where most of us lift our faces skyward most of the time. Looking to the heights, a celestial body we see is as likely to be a balloon as a moon, and either way it’s up to us to find tranquil perspective within it. Either can draw our eye to the comforting vastness within which our tiny layers of grace and tranquility are nestled.
Receiving By Giving
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010When you look at the Buddha’s patient palm, do you see a soul offering to share wealth or asking to receive it? 
The answering reflection changes according to our own offering—for his sharing or begging is truly in you and me. Tranquility is in sharing, not begging. This Buddha simply says give what you wish to receive.
