Do you have the courage for it? Do you have the love? If you have enough of one, you will develop the other.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Consciousness is not in the body; the body is in consciousness. And you are that consciousness.

The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.

We discover our character through decisions under pressure.

All these years I had been sustained by an illusion-happiness through victory- and now that illusion was burned to ashes. I was no more happier, no more fullfilled, for all my achievements. Finally I saw through the clouds I saw that I had never learned how to enjoy life, only how to achieve. All my life i had been busy seeking happiness, but never finding it or sustaining it.

Surrender means accepting this moment, this body, and this life with open arms. Surrender involves getting out of your own way and living in accord with a higher will, expressed as the wisdom of the heart. Far more than passive acceptance, surrender uses every challenge as a means of spiritual growth and expanded awareness.