Just because we are working hard does not mean we are making anything happen. Wayne Muller More Quotes by Wayne Muller More Quotes From Wayne Muller We are called to be strong companions and clear mirrors to one another, to seek those who reflect with compassion and a keen eye how we are doing, whether we seem centered or off course ... we need the nourishing company of others to create the circle needed for growth, freedom and healing. Wayne Muller eye strong healing Every day, we are given countless opportunities to offer our gifts to those at work, in our families, our relationships.... If you give less than what you are, you dishonor the gift of your own precious life. Wayne Muller our-relationship opportunity giving Gratitude invites a sense of sufficiency. Wayne Muller sufficiency invites gratitude Meditation helps me feel the shape, the texture of my inner life. Here, in the quiet, I can begin to taste what Buddhists would call my true nature, what Jews call the still, small voice, what Christians call the holy spirit. Wayne Muller buddhist voice christian What we love and what captures our curiosity draws us forward into some place of great destiny. Wayne Muller capture destiny curiosity Like a path through the forest, Sabbath creates a marker for ourselves so, if we are lost, we can find our way back to our center. Wayne Muller path forests way Be not afraid. A kind life, a life of spirit, is fundamentally a life of courage-the courage simply to bring what you have, to bring who you are. Wayne Muller not-afraid kind spirit In the soil of the quick fix is the seed of a new problem, because our quiet wisdom is unavailable. Wayne Muller soil problem quiet A kind life...is fundamentally a life of courage. Wayne Muller kind life-is The last place we tend to look for healing is within ourselves. Wayne Muller lasts healing looks All life requires a rhythm of rest. . . Wayne Muller summer spring morning If busyness can become a kind of violence, we do not have to stretch our perception very far to see that Sabbath time – effortless, nourishing rest – can invite a healing of this violence. When we consecrate a time to listen to the still, small voices, we remember the root of inner wisdom that makes work fruitful. We remember from where we are most deeply nourished, and see more clearly the shape and texture of the people and things before us. Wayne Muller voice healing roots Because we do not rest, we lose our way. Wayne Muller loses way Even when our intentions are noble and our efforts sincere, even when we dedicate our lives to the service of others, the corrosive pressure of frantic over-activity can nonetheless cause suffering in ourselves and others. A "successful" life can become a violent enterprise. Wayne Muller effort successful suffering True kindness is rooted in a deep sense of abundance, out of which flows a sense that even as I give, it is being given back to me. Wayne Muller flow kindness giving What we choose to love is very important for what we love leads our eyes, ears, and hearts on a pilgrimage that shapes the texture of our lives. Wayne Muller eye heart love-is We become what we love. Whatever you are giving your time and attention to, day after day, is the kind of person you will eventually become. Wayne Muller kind attention giving Can it then be that what we call the 'self' is fluid and elastic? It evolves, strikes a different balance with every new breath. Wayne Muller balance different self When we do what we love, again and again, our life comes to hold the fragrance of that thing. Wayne Muller again-and-again ritual fragrance Effortlessness is the ability to slow down and listen for the spaces between the joints... Deep within all things there is a natural rhythm, a music of opening and closing, expansion and contraction. Wayne Muller joints expansion space
