One day the Buddha was sitting with his monks. A distraught farmer approached. “Monks, have you seen my cows?”

The Buddha said, “No we have not.”

The farmer continued, “I am distraught. I have only twelve cows, and now they are gone. How will I survive?”

The Buddha looked at him with compassion and said, “I’m sorry my friend, we have not seen them. You may want to look in the other direction.”

After the farmer had gone, the Buddha turned to his monks, looked at them deeply, smiled and said, “Dear ones, do you know how lucky you are? You don’t have any cows to lose.”

Your home should be a living space and not a storage space. Before us lies two paths, which will determine the future landscape of our planet.

The hoarder will pluck every flower in the field, the minimalist will stop, enjoy them, water them and help them grow ever more plentiful.

“If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer

“May you be firm, but never inflexible; may be you proud, but never boastful; may you be strong, but never forceful; may you be gentle but never weak; may you be truthful, but never unkind; may you be brave but never foolish; may you have more than enough, but never be greedy. – David Scott

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” – Mother Teresa

When you are evolving to your higher self, the road is long and lonesome, but you’re simply shedding energies that no longer match the frequency of your destiny. The hardest walk is walking alone, but it’s also the walk that makes you the strongest.”

“A meaningful silence is always better than meaningless words.”

“Not everyone you lose is a loss. Sometime to find peace, you have to be willing to lose the connection with the people, places, and things that create all the noise in your life.”

“The ones who notice the storms in your eyes, the silence in your voice and the heaviness in your heart are the ones you need to let in.”

Worry often gives small things a big shadow.

“Never Reply when you are angry, never promise when you are happy and never make a decision when your sad.”

“Take risk… If you win you will be happy, if you lose you will be wise.”

“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.” – Arthur Rubinstein

“When the world screams “Give Up,” hope whispers, “Try it one more time.”

“One of the hardest decisions to make in life, is to know when to “walk away” or when to try harder.”

“Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall in their place.”

“At some point you just have to let go of what you thought should happen and live in what is happening.”

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung

“Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced”

“While we are alive, everything is possible. You’re not too old and it’s never too late.” David Scott

“You know you’re on the right track, when you are no longer interested in looking back.”

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. Og Mandino

Life is so much simpler, when you stop trying to explain yourself to others and just live your life and do what works for you.

“True detachment isn’t separation from life but the absolute freedom within your mind to explore everything with no limits.”

“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.” Dr Seuss

“People know your name, not your story. They’ve heard what you’ve done, but not what you’ve been through. So take their opinions of you with a grain of salt. In the end, it’s not what others think, it’s what you think about yourself that counts. Sometimes you have to do exactly what’s best for you and your life, not what’s best for everyone else.”