Thought for the Day

Others will try your patience throughout your life.
When you have "a lot of patience", you have accomplished something.

Being vulnerable doesn't have to be threatening. Just have the courage to be sincere, open and honest. This opens the door to deeper communication all around. It creates self-empowerment and the kind of connections with others we all want in life. Speaking from the heart frees us from the secrets that burden us. These secrets are what make us sick or fearful. Speaking truth helps you get clarity on your real heart directives.

-- The Hidden Power of the Heart, Sara Paddison

Do not believe in anything simply
because you have heard it.

Do not believe in anything simply
because it is spoken and rumored by many.

Do not believe in anything simply
because it is found written in your religious books.

Do not believe in anything merely on the
authority of your teachers and elders.

Do not believe in traditions because
they have been handed down for many generations.

But after observation and analysis, when
you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conducive to the good and benefit of one
and all, then accept it and live up to it.

~ Buddha