Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.
So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates.
Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.
That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.
The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.
We all have issues and we have usually come by them honestly.
There are five of us. We've all played in various bands together, in different combinations. I know that Todd [Cook] and Tony [Bailey] are my favorite rhythm section - they're just like a unit. I guess we've all just played together in various capacities, so when the band was coming together, it was sort of like we just chose members because they had similar sensibilities and also because they're just cool. We all got along real well.
To be diagnosed was the hardest thing because I didn't know what they were talking about. . . And the doctor said, Don't worry, in three months you'll know. So I went about my business and then, one day, it jumped me. I couldn't get up. . . Your muscles trick you; they did me.
Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive society.
There is no such thing as an insignificant life, only the insignificance of mind that refuses to grasp the implications.