When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.
Patience has all the time it needs.
So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates.
Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.
That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.
Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.
The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.
If you have self-respect, you will take satisfaction in being well groomed and will not allow yourself to perform shabbily. You will continue to work toward high standards and goals to serve others, to continue and to practice self-discipline. You will not compromise your standards or beliefs.
When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.
There always seemed to be a place for God and, to me, it seemed like God was a place in the unknown side of the ledger.
Purely sensual love is never true or lasting, for which reason first love is, as a rule, but a passing infatuation, a fleeting passion. - Richard Von Krafft