AOM Meditations: 101119

by Frederick Judd Waugh

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“When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are approaching an inevitable doom: the consciousness of it should make us more kindly and considerate of each other. This feeling should make men and women use their best efforts to help their fellow travelers on the road, to make the path brighter and easier as we journey on. It should bring a closer kinship, a better understanding, and a deeper sympathy for the wayfarers who must live a common life and die a common death.”

~Clarence Darrow

AOM Meditations: 041919

by Frederick Judd Waugh

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"When we carefully observe our thoughts, we discover that they are not in our control—we swim in an uninvited constant stream of memories, plans, expectations, judgments, regrets. Often the root of these movements of mind is dissatisfaction. We seem to want both endless excitement and perfect peace. But instead of being served by our thinking, we are driven by it in unconscious and unexamined ways. While thoughts can be enormously useful and creative, often they dominate our experience with attachments to our likes and dislikes, with views that divide the world into higher and lower, self and other. Our thoughts repeatedly tell stories about our successes and failures, plan our security, habitually remind us of who and what we think we are. Through mindfulness, we can come to know and let go of the patterns of unhelpful worry and obsession; we can clarify our confusion and release destructive views and opinions. We can reflect on what we most value."

~Jack Kornfield

AOM Meditations: 031119

by Frederick Judd Waugh

Thanks to our Friend, David, for sending us this beautiful art

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“No one is useless in this world 

who lightens the burdens of another.” 

~Charles Dickens

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“Learn to light a candle 

in the darkest moments of someone’s life. 

Be the light that helps others see; 

it is what gives life its deepest significance.” 

~Roy T. Bennett

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“You give but little 

when you give of your possessions.

It is when you give of yourself 

that you truly give.” 

~Kahlil Gibran

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“For it is in giving that we receive.” 

~St. Francis of Assisi

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“Until we can receive with an open heart, 

we're never really giving with an open heart. 

When we attach judgment to receiving help, 

we knowingly or unknowingly 

attach judgment to giving help.” 

~Brené Brown