I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there’s no grief – so how fear?
If we sincerely want to become a liberated person, then we have to be willing to be independent in a world where so few truly think for themselves.
To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties. It is out of hard and ceaseless struggle alone that one derives strength, confidence and recognition.
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.
