Well, It Takes All Kinds To Make

You'd Be Surprised How Many People Violate This Simple Principle Every Day Of Their Lives And Try To Fit Square Pegs Into Round Holes, Ignoring The Clear Reality That Things Are As They Are.

Things Just Happen In The Right Way, At The Right Time. At Least When You Let Them, When You Work With Circumstances Instead Of Saying, 'this Isn't Supposed To Be Happening This Way,' And Trying Harder To Make It Happen Some Other Way.

Many People Are Afraid Of Emptiness, However, Because It Reminds Them Of Loneliness. Everything Has To Be Filled In, It Seems-appointment Books, Hillsides, Vacant Lots-but When All The Spaces Are Filled, The Loneliness Really Begins. Then The Groups Are Joined, The Classes Are Signed Up For, And The Gift-to-yourself Items Are Bought. When The Loneliness Starts Creeping In The Door, The Television Set Is Turned On To Make It Go Away. But It Doesn't Go Away. So Some Of Us Do Instead, And After Discarding The Emptiness Of The Big Congested Mess, We Discover The Fullness Of Nothing.

No Matter How Useful We May Be, Sometimes It Takes Us A While To Recognize Our Own Value.

To Buddha, The Second Figure In The Painting, Life On Earth Was Bitter, Filled With Attachments And Desires That Led To Suffering.