Lilies in our backyard pond
The
writer Wendell Berry says that "the smallest unit of health is a
community." Community is another way of saying "connection." And
connection is life itself. The practices of kindness inspire and deepen
our connection to ourselves and to one another. They provide a path for
health, for healing, for wholeness.
As
we wish love, peace, and happiness for ourselves and for others, we
learn to include all beings and all aspects of life, including
ourselves, in our hearts. It is easy to believe that we are not capable
of this, but as we untangle our conditioning, we see the immensity and
abundance lying nascent within us, ready for awakening.
In
doing these practices, in turning our lives toward the force of
kindness, in nurturing the potential for love and compassion within, may
we all find the ultimate healing truth of connection.
- Sharon Salzberg,
from The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion
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