When you approach spirituality as an adventure of being alive, you start as you would any adventure--with a sense of mystery and not-knowing. Instead of searching for answers that make you feel safe, you set out into the vastness of life and death, with a willingness to continually grow. You open up to the possibility that your ordinary life is an extraordinary adventure, and that your joys and sorrows have meaning. Spiritual practice becomes your rudder, offering direction and insight and discretion as you venture into the unknown.
What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do. - Elizabeth Lesser
What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.
- Elizabeth Lesser
Every day we're given a choice: We can relax and float in the direction that the water flows, or we can swim hard against it. If we go with the river… - Elizabeth Lesser
Every day we're given a choice: We can relax and float in the direction that the water flows, or we can swim hard against it. If we go with the river…
Look for a way to lift someone up. If that's all you do, it's enough. - Elizabeth Lesser
Look for a way to lift someone up. If that's all you do, it's enough.
Grief is an expression that you loved well. - Elizabeth Lesser
Grief is an expression that you loved well.
When we descend all the way down to the bottom of loss, and dwell patiently, with an open heart, in the darkness and pain, we can bring back up with … - Elizabeth Lesser
When we descend all the way down to the bottom of loss, and dwell patiently, with an open heart, in the darkness and pain, we can bring back up with …
Things do fall apart. It is in their nature to do so. When we try to protect ourselves from the inevitability of change, we are not listening to the … - Elizabeth Lesser
Things do fall apart. It is in their nature to do so. When we try to protect ourselves from the inevitability of change, we are not listening to the …
Your path is your own, but you must walk side by side with others, with compassion and generosity as your beacons. If anything is required it is this… - Elizabeth Lesser
Your path is your own, but you must walk side by side with others, with compassion and generosity as your beacons. If anything is required it is this…
It's not always about survival, this life we are given; it's usually so much easier than that. It's about trusting the eternal life force that is flo… - Elizabeth Lesser
It's not always about survival, this life we are given; it's usually so much easier than that. It's about trusting the eternal life force that is flo…
Agree to these ground rules: Be curious, conversational and real. Don't persuade or interrupt. Listen, listen, listen. - Elizabeth Lesser
Agree to these ground rules: Be curious, conversational and real. Don't persuade or interrupt. Listen, listen, listen.
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