"Zen is the opposite of withdrawal from the world. It’s a radical acceptance of life, the pain and suffering no less than the beauty of the dawn skies, of the sea in rain, the mountain dark under morning clouds, and the shopping list. Unless a path leads us back into the world — reincarnates us, as it were — it’s not a complete path. For Zen, this life, this world, is the very absolute. Making a cup of tea, fetching milk from the fridge, standing outside on the front step, watching the remains of a storm drift across the dawn sky, and hearing the drip-drip of rainwater into a puddle from a roof are miracles. The miraculous, in the end, is the fact of anything existing at all." - Henry Shukman, "One Blade of Grass"

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars. - Khalil Gibran

A Letter to the Cycle Breakers

It's not about perfection, it's about intention. - Racheous

“When you’re able to silence all views and words, reality reveals itself to you, and that is Nirvana” - Thich Nhat Hanh

“When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into its dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment.” - Pema Chödrön

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. - Helen Keller

You are more than the mistakes you've made. You are the wisdom, love, strength and compassion you've gained from all you've been through.

"I am not my thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, & experiences. I am not the content of my life. I am life. I am the space in which all things happen. I am consciousness. I am the now." - Eckhart Tolle

When we become aware of how blessed we truly are, miracles start to happen. - Helen Barry

People will say you're beautiful but it takes a special person to make you believe it. - Atticus

We all wear scars—find someone who makes yours feel beautiful. - Atticus