Daily Zen - Thursday, June 16

When you get out of the driver's seat, 

you find that life can drive itself,

that actually life has always been driving itself.

Life begins to flow, and you 

never know where it will take you.

~Adyashanti

Daily Zen - Wednesday, June 15

Being aware of your breath forces you 

into the present moment.

Whenever you are conscious of the breath,

you are absolutely present.

~ Eckhart Tolle

Daily Zen - Tuesday, June 14

When we walk to the edge of all the light we have

and take the step into the darkness of the unknown,

we must believe that one of two things will happen.

There will be something solid for us to stand on

 or we will be taught to fly.

~ Patrick Overton

Daily Zen - Monday, June 13

When you arise in the morning, 

think of what a precious privilege

it is to be alive - to breathe,

to think, to enjoy, to love. 

~ Marcus Aurelius

Weekend Zen, June 11-12

Love the world and yourself in it, 

move through it as though it offers no resistance, 

as though the world is your natural element.

~ Audrey Niffenegger

Daily Zen - Friday, June 10

All things are in the universe,

and the universe is in all things:

we in it, and it in us, and in this way

everything harmonizes in perfect unity.

~ Giordano Bruno

Daily Zen - Thursday, June 9

There are two ways to live:

you can live as if nothing is a miracle;

you can live as if everything is a miracle.

~ Albert Einstein

Daily Zen - Wednesday, June 8

We may go to the moon, 

but that's not very far.

The greatest distance we have 

to cover still lies within us.

~ Charles de Gaulle

Daily Zen - Tuesday, June 7

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive

is devoid of the power to love. 

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Monday, June 6

Act happy, feel happy, be happy,

without a reason in the world.

Then you can love and do what you will.

~ Dan Millman

Weekend Zen, June 4-5

It is not the mountains

we conquer but ourselves.

~ Sir Edmund Hillary

Daily Zen - Friday, June 3

The whole world is you,

yet you keep thinking there

is something else.

~ Hsueh-Feng

Daily Zen - Thursday, June 2

Maybe you are searching among the branches 

for what only appears in the roots.

~ Rumi

Daily Zen - Wednesday, June 1

Make all you can,

save all you can,

give all you can.

~ John Wesley

Daily Zen - Tuesday, May 31

Experience is a hard teacher because she

gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

~ Vernon Sanders Law

Daily Zen - Monday, May 30

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch,

a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,

an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,

all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

~ Leo Buscaglia

Weekend Zen, May 28-29

Don't wait until everything is just right.

It will never be perfect. There will ways be

challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect 

conditions. So what. Get started now.

~ Mark Victor Hansen

Daily Zen - Friday, May 27

Truth cannot only comfort you.

At times, it has to cut through to the bone,

to the marrow even, 

if this is what it takes to set you free.

~ Mooji

Daily Zen - Thursday, May 26

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. 

When mindfulness embraces those we love, 

they will bloom like flowers.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen - Wednesday, May 25

The biggest cause of suffering is being here,

and wishing you were somewhere else.

~ Ajahn Brahm