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In the situations I have witnessed, there is no divine intervention. All we have is each other. We create our own problems, and it is up to us to solve them. Deliberately to remove oneself from this dialogue is a way of turning one’s back and confirms the sad proposition that perfection of means but a confusion of aims is the misfortune of our time.
James Nachtwey
The Inferno
Is what I am about to do today, tomorrow, in any moment, going to move us toward or away from a world that works for everyone?
Love is a gift.
It must be given without expectation of return.
If we expect something in return for our loving-kindness,
doesn’t that mean it is a commodity to be exchanged for something else we desire?
What kind of feeling arises when what we receive as a gift comes with an expectation of return?
In the great scheme of things, it is often wise to remember
that what people do has nothing to do with us.
Even when they are screaming at us and have come to the place where “their lives” are miserable because of something
“we have done or not done.”
Often all we can do is love them and be patient until they awaken.
Are we willing to do that even when it appears that things will never change?
