Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them.

Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them.

I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.

Blessings sometimes come through brokenness that could never come in any other way.

We have this idea that everyone should be totally independent, totally whole, totally together spiritually, totally fulfilled. That is a myth. In reality, our lack of fulfillment is the most precious gift we have. It is the source of our passion, our creativity, our search for God. All the best of life comes out of our human yearning, our not being satisfied.

When the desire is too much to bear, we often bury it beneath frenzied thoughts and activities or escape it by dulling our immediate consciousness of living. It is possible to run away from the desire for years, even decades, at a time, but we cannot eradicate it entirely. It keeps touching us in little glimpses and hints in our dreams, our hopes, our unguarded moments.

True growth is a process which one allows to happen rather than causes to happen.