“…focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.”
— Greg Anderson
“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going to fast — you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.”
— Eddie Cantor
“More valuable than the things we give to each other are the gifts of virtues we pass on quietly to others through our selfless and noble actions.These gifts are truly precious because they are imperishable and they multiply the more we share them.”
— Unknown
“It is important not to ‘need’ what you are calling to you but rather to have a certain detachment about it. Let it be all right if it doesn’t come, or if it comes in a different form than what you expect. After you have asked for something, surrender to whatever comes as being appropriate.”
— Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer
“Acceptance says, True, this is my situation at the moment. I’ll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I’ll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me.”
— Catherine Marshall
“This business of hozho. The way I understand it … I’ll use an example. Terrible drought, crops dead, sheep dying. Spring dried out. No water. The Hopi, or the Christian, maybe the Moslem, they pray for rain. The Navajo has the proper ceremony done to restore himself to harmony with the drought. You see what I mean. The system is designed to recognize what’s beyond human power to change, and then to change the human’s attitude to be content with the inevitable.”
— in ‘Sacred Clowns’ by Tony Hillerman
“Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.”
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others.”
— Robert H. Schuller