Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
Appreciate fully what you are eating, enjoy it fully, breathing and smelling the aroma to add to the taste, chewing slowly and well, to taste more and to digest better. Discover the subtleties of taste. Gently keep bringing the wandering mind back to tasting fully what you’re eating. Feel the difference! Give thanks for the chance to be able to enjoy what you eat.
Without faith there is no knowledge, without knowledge there is no virtuous conduct, without virtues there is no deliverance, and without deliverance there is no perfection.
