See yourself as a small child, fragile and vulnerable, and breathe in. Smile with love to this small child within yourself, and breathe out.
Barbara Ann KipferI hope you find, as I did, that happiness comes from noticing and enjoying the little things in life.
Barbara Ann KipferAccept periods of suffering with gratitude, knowing that suffering can teach you very important lessons.
Barbara Ann KipferChinese landscape paintings often include tiny figures - as if to emphasize the grandeur of nature of which humankind is one small part. Think of the world in these terms, as larger in scale than the human. This is a healthy corrective to the commonplace view that people own the land, which exists to serve their purposes. Think big and live small.
Barbara Ann Kipfer