As a good gardener prepares the soil, so a wise leader creates an environment that promotes community. ... community involves a common place, a common time, and a common purpose. Just getting people in the same place at the same time does not produce a team. Community requires a common vision.

To be at peace in any endeavour, we must release our need to control the outcome.

Our greatest natural resources are our hearts and minds, together with those of the people around us.

In nature everything is valuable, everything has its place. The rose, the daisy, the lark, the squirrel, each is different but beautiful. Each has its own expression. Each flower its' own fragrance. Each bird its' own song. So you too have your own unique melody.

Any group has a sense of who it is and what is values, but this sense often remains beneath the surface. A wise leader can discern these unspoken beliefs and articulate them.

Regular meditation not only restores our inner harmony and vital energy, but provides us with an actual experience of the peace we seek.

When confronted by conflict and confusion, another practice is to take a deep breath, pause and ask: 'Where is the gift in this?