It is only through letting our heart break that we discover something unexpected: the heart cannot actually break, it can only break open. When we feel both our love for this world and the pain of this world-together, at the same time-the heart breaks out of its shell. To live with an open heart is to experience life full-strength.
John WelwoodThe light of unconditional love awakens the dormant seed potentials of the soul, helping them ripen, blossom, and bear fruit, allowing us to bring forth the unique gifts that are ours to offer in this life.
John WelwoodForget about enlightenment. Sit down wherever you are. And listen to the wind singing in your veins.
John WelwoodWe are not just humans learning to become buddhas, but also buddhas waking up in human form, learning to become fully human.
John Welwood