Quotes about Awareness

Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

To choose the path is to choose the destination, but sometimes it seems that the path is under our feet even before we know we're walking.

Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it.

Often what we see clearest in others is what we most avoid seeing in ourselves.

We can deny reality, but we can't deny the consequences of denying reality.

Everyone can open a book not everyone can appreciate the beauty of the writing.

There is not only more to each soul's journey than we imagine, usually there is more than we can imagine.

All that's required for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.

Growing up means putting aside our egocentricity for truth.

People can become so blinded by their own perceived victimhood that they make victims of everyone around them.

I have found that the most significant experiences of our lives rarely come when we're expecting them and oftentimes when we're not even paying attention.

What we fail to realize is that grace is more than our destination, it is the journey itself, manifested in each breath and with each step we take. Grace surrounds us, whirls about us like the wind, falls on us like rain. Grace sustains us on our journeys, no matter how perilous they may be and, make no mistake, they are all perilous. We need not hope for grace, we merely need to open our eyes to its abundance. Grace is all around us, not just in the hopeful future but in the miracle of now.