Week 51: Accepting / Surrendering
Savoring the Moment
Savoring the moment is living in the here and now, enthusiastically. ... Read More about Savoring the Moment
Being Serene
Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance. [attribution unknown] Serenity refers to the kind of tranquility experienced when one has attained a pervasive inner peace, which comes ... Read More about Being Serene
Seeking Enlightenment; Being Enlightened
. . . approach your life . . . as a work of art . . . [John Tarrant, Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life (Harmony, 2008), p. 2.] As Humanists and ... Read More about Seeking Enlightenment; Being Enlightened
Being Content
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking the whole world belong to you. [Lao-Tzu, Poem 44.] Being rich is being happy with what you ... Read More about Being Content
Forgiving
The Amish made it look simple. Ten of their precious little girls had been shot . . . . (They) enfolded their grief within their normal circle of prayer and daily communion. They didn't speak out. ... Read More about Forgiving
Embracing Life
Embracing life is accepting all things as they are, enthusiastically and with open arms. It is a way of approaching life, an attitude. If we will not embrace life as it is, then how will we embrace ... Read More about Embracing Life
Surrendering – Accepting the Things We Cannot Change
. . . that sad but easeful core of peace that is the reward when all is renounced. [Maestro Benjamin Zander commenting on the solo cello statement near the end of the final movement of Mahler's Ninth ... Read More about Surrendering – Accepting the Things We Cannot Change