I think happiness is overrated, but joy is the key to the thousands of possible moods we can feel. And when we can rest in that joy, then peace is the moment of openness that holds all feeling.
Mark NepoWe are love. But in an everyday setting we have to make choices. We have limits. We can love everyone and we can't love everyone.
Mark NepoAt the heart of each spiritual tradition is the question of how to be in the world without losing what matters, and whether living an awakened life is of any use if we don't bring what matters to bear on the world.
Mark NepoPerhaps the noblest private act is the unheralded effort to ... open our hearts once they've closed, to open our souls once they've shied away.
Mark Nepo