Because the truth of God is love, conversion to God is conversion to love.
When mind and action are separate, zen is lost. We keep the two in sync by paying attention.
If you find your feet dragging, check your path. You are probably on the wrong one.
A student might ask, how long will it take to learn guitar. . . , the answer is, as long as you live - that short.
When you play guitar you are drawing a frame around a moment and saying to the listener, 'Here is how I want you to experience this. How you begin and end a solo is framing, How you structure a song is framing, how you present yourself onstage is framing. See every corner, not just the center, framing should heighten the impact of the art and give clarity to your vision.
The only time and place to find enlightenment is in this moment. No need to check your watch. The time is now.
We take life for granted, sleepwalking until a shattering event knocks us awake. Zen says, don't wait until the car accident, the cancer diagnosis, or the death of a loved one to get your priorities straight. Do it now.
Have an open mind and an open heart. I'm not this bad person. I'm just doing what I have to do.
In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.
It could be argued that all leadership is appreciative leadership. It’s the capacity to see the best in the world around us, in our colleagues, and in the groups we are trying to lead. It’s the capacity to see the most creative and improbable opportunities in the marketplace. It’s the capacity to see with an appreciative eye the true and the good, the better and the possible.
There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility.