One of my favorite quotes comes from Terry Tempest Williams, which states, “Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find.”  What she suggests is much like what we discuss with Seeing True, that in order to see the beauty in the world, we must change our perspective and open our eyes to the extraordinary things going on around us and to us. 

The only question that seems to matter is whether or not we are content with who and where we are. If we’re satisfied, or for some reason unable or unwilling to press forward with inward development, there’s nothing to be done.

If we are discontented, we apparently must proceed.

Everywhere I looked I saw her artistry. Landscapes had been painted on the riser of each stair. Flowers adorned pots, pans and a teakettle. There were paintings hanging and some were painted directly on walls. The space in which she lived was a shrine of its kind, not to the artist, rather to the expression.

"Since life and our lives are dynamic and in flux, we need to have a good look at our beliefs. Most of us come from the perspective that we should not be disturbed, that life should not disrupt us or our plans. We are apparently deeply conditioned to think that everything should somehow be orderly.

"The nature of life and our lives is dynamism and flux. Nothing we do will ever change that. Some acceptance of this reality can go a long way. And given that we will always need balancing practices, taking care of ourselves allows us to be more effective in and with our lives.