10 Quotes I Have Collected

1. Don’t e-mail others messages you wouldn’t want to receive yourself. - Christopher Peterson

2. Walk a mile in another man’s moccasins before you criticize him. - Native American proverb

3. I am a Muslim! And a Hindu, and a Christian and a Jew. - Gandhi

4. Although I have a regular work schedule, I take time to go for long walks on the beach so that I can listen to what is going on inside my head. If my work isn’t going well, I lie down in the middle of a workday and gaze at the ceiling while I listen and visualize what goes on in my imagination. - Albert Einstein

5. If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential. - Henri Nouwen

6. Tears are the noble language of eyes - Robert Herrick

7. Teacher is the engineer of the human's soul - Chinese saying

8. Show me your friends and I will tell you what you are. - Spanish proverb

9. Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned. - Buddha

10. *Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

10 Things I Like To Do On Sundays

1. Be with my community at church
2. Shop at the Goleta farmers' market and see our farmer friends there
3. Play guitar and sing
4. Write
5. Make Cheryl and my lunches (salads) for the week
6. Read a comic book, listen to a audiobook, podcast, or music
7. Help Cheryl prep for her work week in her kindergarten classroom
8. Walk around the neighborhood
9. Take a nap
10. Call my dad

10 Benefits I Get From Meditation

1. Awareness of my physical body
2. Awareness of my feelings
3. Awareness of my thoughts
4. Less negative self-judgment
5. Less rumination 
6. More self-compassion
7. Developing self-discipline to show up every day
8. A sense of accomplishment
9. Recognition that thoughts and emotions don't last: they rise, peak, and then fade
10. Each moment is new opportunity to start anew