How did we get into this funny-looking body that has a hole at one end in which we regularly stuff dead plants and animals? It's bizarre that we got here, incarnated into this world with these bodies.

If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.

Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again.

The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.

There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.

Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.