Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

When the heart grieves over what is has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.

When the heart grieves over what is has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.

I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one read more

I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love.

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love.

Sorrow is the great idealizer.

Sorrow is the great idealizer.

It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.

It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than read more

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.