When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through lovingkindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.

By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.

To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.

With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.

Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.

We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.

Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.

The manifestation of the free mind is said to be lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.

Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.

Giving a piece of your life daily through employment makes you empty

Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.

You can walk in the Light or you can grope around in the dark because there is no walking with Jesus by candle light".~ R. Alan Woods [2012]

I don't want to make sacrifices. I want to make dough.

Pushing away unwanted feelings and situations, equals inviting them to return back with a greater strength.

In terms of fashion, I love adding a fun scarf to whatever I'm wearing - it's a great way to dress up a plain outfit!

Tea Party to establishment from social conservative to libertarian, we all - what people want more than anything is they don't just want a fighter. They want someone who fights and wins.

When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he cant cover himself with words, he cant create a wall.

Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.

The strategies of offense and defense are very similar between chess and football. Chess really brought closeness to the team back in those days.