Obviously in the world of sports, you go through different ups and downs than in normal life. You might be on top of the world playing or you're sidelined with an injury.
In life, stress happens when you resist what arises.
To be authentic literally means to be your own author.
Embrace the higher truth that everything comes to pass exactly as it should. Find peace and wisdom by accepting what is.
I have an almost religious zeal. . . not for technology per se, but for the Internet which is for me, the nervous system of mother Earth, which I see as a living creature, linking up.
Refine your senses a little more each day; stretch them. . . your awareness will pierce deeply into your body and into the world.
Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow, signaling the later days of autumn.
I was not much afraid of punishment, I was only afraid of disgrace. But that I feared more than death, more than crime, more than anything in the world. I should have rejoiced if the earth had swallowed me up and stifled me in the abyss. But my invincible sense of shame prevailed over everything. It was my shame that made me impudent, and the more wickedly I behaved the bolder my fear of confession made me. I saw nothing but the horror of being found out, of being publicly proclaimed, to my face, as a thief, as a liar, and slanderer.
Being a bird ain't all about flying and shitting from high places.
Are you gloating inside? That's what this is about, isn't it? Getting me to trust you so you could blow it up in my face!" [. . . ] "I get that you're angry—," said Patch. "I am ripped apart!" I shouted.
Japans humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors.