When we feel anger toward someone, we can consider that they are a being just like us, who has faced much suffering in life.
Jack KornfieldWhen we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the courage to face whatever is present - our pain, our desires, our grief, our loss, our secret hopes our love - everything that moves us most deeply.
Jack KornfieldThe work of your heart, the work of taking time, to listen, to help, is also your gift to the whole of the world
Jack KornfieldPeace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our wishes.
Jack Kornfield