The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.
—Joan Borysenko
Topics: Questions, Integrity
Some tension is necessary for the soul to grow, and we can put that tension to good use. We can look for every opportunity to give and receive love, to appreciate nature, to heal our wounds and the wounds of others, to forgive, and to serve.
—Joan Borysenko
Topics: Soul
The Universe knows itself and expands itself through me.
—Joan Borysenko
Topics: The Universe
The Four Rules of Life:
1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don’t be upset at the results.
—Joan Borysenko
…the story of a man who saw three fellows laying bricks at a new building:
He approached the first and asked, What are you doing?
Clearly irritated, the first man responded, What the heck do you think I’m doing? I’m laying these darn bricks!
He then walked over to the second bricklayer and asked the same question.
The second fellow responded, Oh, I’m making a living.
He approached the third bricklayer with the same question, What are you doing?
The third looked up, smiled and said, I’m building a cathedral.
At the end of the day, who feels better about how he’s spent his last eight hours?
—Joan Borysenko
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of “shoulds,” free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn’t right, we will have peaceful hearts.
—Joan Borysenko
Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it’s no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, “Joy is not in things, it is in us.”
—Joan Borysenko
Topics: Gratitude
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