June 15, 2012

I am convinced that most people do not grow up.  We find parking spaces and honor our credit cards.  We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up.  I think what we do is mostly grow old.  We carry accumulation of years in our bodies and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias. ~ Maya Angelou (from "Letter to My Daughter")

May 20, 2012

Eventually, we all need to be willing to face the deepest, darkest beliefs we have about ourselves.  Only in this way can we come to know that they are only beliefs, and not the truth about who we are. ~ Ezra Bayda (from "The Three Things We Fear Most")

March 28, 2012

When facing any difficulty in life, resolve it by... facing it, accepting it, dealing with it, and letting it go. ~ Master Shengyen

June 22, 2010

Intoxicated By Love


Because of your love
I have lost my sobriety.
I am intoxicated
By the madness of Love.

In this fog
I have become a stranger to myself.
I am so drunk
I have lost my way to my house.

In the garden
I see only your face.
From the trees and blossoms
I inhale only your fragrance.

Drunk with the ecstasy of love
I can no longer tell the difference
Between drunkard and drink,
Between Lover and Beloved.


~ Rumi