I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived
just the length read more

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived
just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as
well.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to read more

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, read more

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and almost never leave. Our lives are measured by those.

Don't listen to people who tell you what to do! Listen to people who encourage you to do what you read more

Don't listen to people who tell you what to do! Listen to people who encourage you to do what you know is right! Because you have one life to live so live it your way!

At the camel
auction slaughterhouse
the camel lot
the rejected creatures
see no Camelot.

At the camel
auction slaughterhouse
the camel lot
the rejected creatures
see no Camelot.

Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long.

Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long.

If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our read more

If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.

Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth. -Thich Nhat Hanh.

Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth. -Thich Nhat Hanh.