“Almost anything can be done if one proceeds slowly enough. Often we are discouraged by the enormity of a task or the length of a journey and become impatient with the difficulties we face. We lose faith in ourselves. Patience reminds us that what is in front of us is just this moment, just this step, just this breath.”
Joseph Goldstein
“Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you… …let it catch up.” Hafez (modified by Joseph Goldstein)
“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.” Buddha
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden
“We are but visitors on this planet. We are here for ninety or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful with our lives. If you contribute to other people’s happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life.” Dalai Lama…
“Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters” Nathaniel Emmons
“To be patient is simply to be completely open to each moment, accepting it in its fullness, knowing that, like the butterfly, things can only unfold in their own time.“ Jon Kabat-Zinn