Quote for the Day: 


A Navajo proverb reads, "Thoughts are like arrows, once released they strike their mark. Guard them well or one day you may be your own victim." 


Many spiritual and religious books speak of controlling one's thoughts. For instance, Alcoholics Anonymous says, "Love and tolerance is our code" ; The Bhagavad Gita reads, "Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity: these are the disciplines of the mind" ; Shinto, the native religion in Japan and Japanese cultures, speaks, "The bad heart is a dirty heart, which is malicious, and the pure heart is one which is not dirty--a bright heart that hides nothing" ; Taoism teaches, "That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances. That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space ; and the Holy Bible reads, "Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable." 


When we look at these philosophies or ideologies, the emphasis on "love and tolerance" can be viewed in a different light. It's not just love and tolerance of others. It's also about love and tolerance of ourselves. 


Our thought processes can help or harm us. They can control our relationships with everything, including ourselves. I encourage everyone to practice mindfulness today. I encourage everyone to practice love and tolerance of both ourselves and others today. Allow people to be who they are. Allow yourself to feel and think, and to be who you are. 


Peace and love to all. 


~ KO