Snips

We do not have to get caught in the middle of other people's issues, problems, or communication. We can let others take responsibility for themselves in their relationships. We can let them work out their issues with each other.
Being a peacemaker does not mean we get in the middle. We are bearers of peace by staying peaceful ourselves and not harboring turmoil. We are peacemakers by not causing the extra chaos created when we get in the middle of other people's affairs and relationships.
Don't get in the middle unless you want to be there.
Today, I will refuse to accept any invitations to jump in the middle of others' affairs, issues, and relationships. I will trust others to work out their own affairs, including the ideas and feelings they want to communicate to each other.
Melody Beattie ©

Pascal said, "All of man's problems stem from his inability to sit alone in a room for any length of time." When we grow quiet, we become clear. We more clearly discern right from wrong. We more clearly discern our true desire. We become clear, because we are in communion with that Great Knower that resides within us.
Mary Manin Morrissey

What is intuition anyway? It's that sense of inner knowing that comes from being "awake." Buddha's state of awakeness is not as far from our grasp as we might think. It is the awakening of our soul to inner perceptions, inner truths, inner wisdom. You have probably experienced this state many times in your life without even realizing it. It's a part of our spiritual nature that we sometimes take for granted. Life sure is a lot easier when we allow our intuition to guide us. Of course, this doesn't mean that difficult life situations are always going to "come up roses." But every time we meditate, pray, contemplate and take positive action, we learn and grow. Either way, when we choose to be awake, aware and grateful in the present moment, we offer ourselves the best opportunity for happiness today. In so doing, we create a better tomorrow. And you know what? We may catch a glimpse of the angels smiling.
Marilyn C. Barrick

Gratitude paid to all around us becomes a spiritual exercise. Daily, show your gratitude to the music that enchants you, to your shoes that protect your feet form the wear and tear of the elements of the earth, to the movie that brings tears to your eyes and joy to your heart, to the warmth of the sun upon which all life depends.
Lloyd J. Thomas

Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow-it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.
Shakti Gawain

"Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are."
Julia Cameron

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind. I should not be ungrateful to those teachers.
Kahlil Gibran

We are living in a new era in the land of beginning again. The boundary of your dreams is the measure of your success. Dare to dream.
Elma Easley