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Complaining keeps us locked in negativity, right? I mean, think about it. Who wants to hang out with someone who complains all the time? No one. So why complain even to yourself?

Try it for a week, see what happens. See how your life opens up for you. If you need more motivation, start a complaining fund—every time you catch yourself complaining, drop a quarter (or a dollar or a twenty, whatever keeps you in line) into a jar. The ego always wants to improve on the current moment. Don’t let it draw you down that path. Breathe. Find something beautiful. Focus.

Source: By Amy Jirsa, Mind Body Green

We forgot to ask the lady who sold us these lotus plants about the color.
White lotus or pink? I really want to know… We’ll find out tomorrow!

There is a beautiful poem praising the Buddha:
“The Buddha is like the full moon/traveling in the vast sky of emptiness.”
Because of that freedom, the happiness of the Buddha cannot be measured
by our mind. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Space here does not mean loneliness. Space here means freedom because you are not busy inside–you don’t have a lot of worries, fears, projects, things to think about. That is space. Space here is the basic condition for you to enjoy life. If you are preoccupied with so many things, you don’t have that condition. ~By Thich Nhat Hanh

Realize you cannot control other people.  They are going to do the crazy, stupid, incorrect things they are going to do.  You can’t force them to do anything else.  You can’t force someone to stop being lazy or lying to you or cheating on you.  The only person you can control is you.  You get to decide how much you’re going to let this person’s behavior impact you.  Your worrying, obsessing, venting, etc. has zero impact on them – and only hurts you. Source: Fire Star

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment
are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon
as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.  

~Buddha

When you think yours is the only true path you forever chain yourself to judging others and narrow the vision of God. The road to righteousness and arrogance is a parallel road that can intersect each other several times throughout a person’s life. It’s often hard to recognize one road from another. What makes them different is the road to righteousness is paved with the love of humanity. The road to arrogance is paved with the love of self. ― Shannon L. Alder