Jack
boys air rams
Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.
football penalties commentators
There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
mean fairy-tale conquer
Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been “a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.
once-upon-a-time fairy-tale tales
It was not once upon a time, but a certain time in history, before anyone knew what was happening, that Walt Disney cast a spell on the fairy tale, and he has held it captive ever since.
transformation wonder tales
If there is one ‘constant’ in the structure and theme of the wonder tale, it is transformation.
struggle compassion community
The fairy tale emanates from specific struggles to humanize bestial and barbaric forces, which have terrorized our minds and communities in concrete ways, threatening to destroy free will and human compassion. The fairy tale sets out to conquer this concrete terror through metaphors.
communication mean people
Fairy tales begin with conflict because we all begin our lives with conflict. We are all misfit for the world, and somehow we must fit in, fit in with other people, and thus we must invent or find the means through communication to satisfy as well as resolve conflicting desires and instincts.
heart meditation-practice mind
There are many good forms of meditation practice. A good meditation practice is any one that develops awareness or mindfulness of our body and our sense, of our mind and heart.
heart loss attachment
When attachment arises in the place of love, it sees the other as separate; it grasps and needs. Attachment is conditional; it seeks control and it fear loss. Ask your heart if attachment has replaced love. If we speak to our heart, it will always tell us the truth.
pain heart warrior
We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
practice
Through practice, gently and gradually we can collect ourselves and learn how to be more fully with what we do.
buddhism suffering doe
We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?
heart way needs
Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.
pain heart compassion
Compassion arises naturally as the quivering of the heart in the face of pain, ours and another's. True compassion is not limited by the separateness of pity, nor by the fear of being overwhelmed. When we come to rest in the great heart of compassion, we discover a capacity to bear witness to, suffer with, and hold dear with our own vulnerable heart the sorrows and beauties of the world.