“ At the Pace of What Is Real Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. —SENG-TS'AN Like most people I know, I struggle with taking too much on, with doing too many thin… Mark Nepo
“ A living symbol that can call into my moment of sadness a deeper sense of plenitude and generosity that is always there, but not always accessible. Mark Nepo
“ What was amazing was that their small delicate hands were touching, their monkey fingers leaning into each other. It was clear that it was this small sustained touch that allowed them to sleep. As lon… Mark Nepo
“ The truth is that life will break us and burn us at some point on the journey. This is not pessimistic or cynical but descriptive of the geography of being alive. It is part of how we are transformed… Mark Nepo
“ The hard things break. The soft things bend. The stubborn ones batter themselves against all that is immovable. The flexible adapt to what is before them. Of course, we are all hard and soft, stubborn… Mark Nepo
“ The further I wake into this life, the more I realize that God is everywhere and the extraordinary is waiting quietly beneath the skin of all that is ordinary. Light is in both the broken bottle and t… Mark Nepo
“ The famous British child psychologist D. W. Winnicott called these aspects of personality our True Self and False Self. It is the True Self that lets us know what is authentic and what has become arti… Mark Nepo
“ The Pain of Becoming For the flower, it is fully open at each step of its blossoming. We do ourselves a great disservice by judging where we are in comparison to some final destination. This is one of… Mark Nepo
“ Memories are not images of loved ones returning to us. They are the spirits of loved ones visiting us. Mark Nepo
“ Just as life is made up of day and night, and song is made up of music and silence, friendships, because they are of this world, are also made up of times of being in touch and spaces in-between. Bein… Mark Nepo
“ Just as a life is made of days, so are days made of moments. A life well lived is firmly planted in the sweet soil of moments. Mark Nepo is a gardener in this soil; he plants seeds of grace that grow… Mark Nepo
“ Every crack is also an opening. When in the midst of great change, it is helpful to remember how a chick is born. From the view of the chick, it is a terrifying struggle. Confined and curled in a dark… Mark Nepo
“ Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. —HOWARD THURMAN Mark Nepo
“ We may spend much of our time unaware and unenlightened, yet the presence of Truth and God, like a deep and ancient friend, can shape our entire lives. So the inner task becomes how do we make a lasti… Mark Nepo
“ Quiet pain that comes from not honoring what we know to be true, even if all we know to be true are the questions we are asking. Mark Nepo
“ Dialogue with this feeling and ask why it will not go; just what does it need in order to leave? Mark Nepo
“ When we heal ourselves, we heal the world. For as the body is only as healthy as its individual cells, the world is only as healthy as its individual souls. Mark Nepo
